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Season’s greetings!

December 21, 2012 by tylercollection

2012 has been a big year for the National Gallery’s Tyler Collection. We have learned the exciting news that Kenneth Tyler will be made an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia at an investiture ceremony in Washington DC on January 23, 2013. Ken has been nominated for this well-deserved honour for his ‘service to the Arts, particularly through the Kenneth Tyler Collection at the National Gallery of Australia and through philanthropy.’ In April the Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix show […]

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Paul Jenkins, 1923 – 2012

June 26, 2012 by tylercollection

We are sorry to report the death of Tyler Collection artist, Paul Jenkins, who passed away on June 9 at the age of 88. Jenkins was a celebrated Abstract Expressionist painter of the New York School, whose experiments with pouring, dripping, splashing and pooling paint directly onto canvas translated well into print and papermaking at Tyler’s Bedford Village workshop. Between 1979 and 1980, Jenkins created several prints with Tyler. These images from our candid photography collection show the spontaneous way in […]

Categories: Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Abstract Expressionism, Kenneth Tyler, National Gallery of Australia, Paul Jenkins, Tyler Collection

The Tyler candid photography collection

May 17, 2012 by tylercollection

The votes are in! You asked for more candid photographs from behind the scenes, so we thought we would begin with an overview of this unique collection. The Tyler candid photography collection contains thousands of rare candid photographs of artists at work in the Tyler workshops, as well as in their own studios. The collection is an invalubale resource for students, teachers, scholars and fans of printmaking, providing a unique insight into the working methods of Tyler and his dedicated workshop […]

Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes, Gemini GEL, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: candid photography, Facebook, Helen Frankenthaler, James Rosenquist, Josef Albers, Kenneth Tyler, lithograph, Nancy Graves, National Gallery of Australia, Paul Jenkins, Tyler Collection

The quintessence of art collaboration: Richard Hamilton at Tyler Graphics Ltd.

September 26, 2011 by tylercollection

British Pop artist Richard Hamilton died earlier this month, aged eighty-nine. In a career that spanned many decades Hamilton developed his irreverent style in a range of media. He worked with Ken Tyler at Tyler Graphics Ltd. on a series of prints in 1976. To commemorate the life of this legendary artist we asked Ken to reflect on the time he spent working with Richard. His comments are below: “The quintessence of art collaboration was working with Richard Hamilton. Richard arrived at […]

Categories: Artists, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Art, artist, Kenneth Tyler, Pop art, printmaking, prints, Richard Hamilton, Tyler Collection, Tyler Graphics

Beyond Print: Documenting the living history of the National Gallery of Australia's Kenneth Tyler Printmaking Collection

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Season’s greetings!

Paul Jenkins, 1923 – 2012

The Tyler candid photography collection

The quintessence of art collaboration: Richard Hamilton at Tyler Graphics Ltd.