Francis Giacco
Francis Giacco (born 1955) is an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1994 with Homage to John Reichard. Giacco has a Bachelor of Architecture from the UNSW and is a longtime teacher at the Julian Ashton Art School, The Rocks, Sydney. His classes are characterized by a structured and logical approach to the tradition of classical drawing and painting techniques.
Francis Giacco
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- 1955
- Nationality
- Australia
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- University of New South Wales
- Honours
- Archibald Prize
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He had been a finalist the previous year, with his portrait of SBS newsreader, Lee Lin Chin In 2014 he won the Percival Portrait Painting Prize, with a portrait of Charles Blackman.
Francis Giacco studied at University of New South Wales. Distinctions recorded are Archibald Prize.
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- 1.Cochrane, Peter. Independent from of mind wins Archibald. 19 March 1994.
- 2.Tradition and illusions, from Italy with love. The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 2005.
- 3.Macklin, Robert. Surrealist misses as Giacco stuns art world. Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 3. 19 March 1994.
- 4.Percival Portrait Painting Prize. Chronicle.
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