Beehive Press.
Name
Beehive Press.
Other names
Beehive Workshop.
Culture
Australian
Type
Organisation
Start date
April 1979
Start place
123 Drayton St., Bowden, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia View on map Close map
End date
1988
End place
123 Drayton St., Bowden, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia View on map Close map
Occupations
Print collector | Print workshop
Summary
Located: Australia (SA).Lithographs
NGA IRN
32632
Context
Australia
See also
Jones, Robert.
Biography
Beehive Press, specialising in lithography, was established by Robert Jones in Adelaide in April 1978. Jones had studied at the South Australian School of Art from 1963 to 1967 when painter–printmaker Brian Seidel was in charge. He later moved to Italy in 1974 where he pursued his study of lithography with Carlo Ceci and visited and worked at local print workshops. On his return to Adelaide he brought a particular Italian approach to his lithographic printing. His clientele of local artists included Hossein Valamanesh and Barbara Hanrahan, with some occasional printing undertaken for expatriate Jeffrey Smart. Gretchen Albrecht who appreciated the subtlety of his printing travelled from Aotearoa New Zealand to produce a number of prints.
Despite the high quality of his work at Beehive Press, Jones was never able to make a profit and subsidised its operation through teaching. He eventually became the distributor of Magnani papers, produced in Pescia, Italy, and disbanded the workshop in 1988. [Roger Butler, Printed images by Australian artists 1942-2020, Canberra: NGA, 2021].
Last Updated
13 Dec 2022