Address: 115 Thompson Street, Cootamundra NSW 2590 Phone Number: 02 6227 3294 Email: digbyhy@gmail.com
Digby Hyles
1969: Commonwealth University Scholarship after completing Higher School Certificate - Architecture Faculty, University of Sydney
1970: Economics Faculty, Australian National University
1970-1972: George Patterson Advertising, Sydney - Production Department 1972 -1975: Diploma Fine Art, Painting - Canberra School of Art 1977- 1984: National Gallery of Australia - Curatorial Assistant,Department of Australian Art, Australian Paintings and Sculpture 1985-1987: James R. Lawson, Sydney - Auctioneers and Valuers. Head, Painting Department 1990: Appointed Commonwealth Valuer, Australian Art after 1800 1990 - 2012: Freelance art valuer 2010 - 2012: Continuing accreditation to Commonwealth Government’s Cultural Gifts Program Specialist areas include: Australian paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints after 1800 Australian Indigenous art (paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture) and material culture (wooden and stone tools, weapons, ceremonial objects) from Central and Northern Australia and the Kimberley after 1880, specialising in Western Desert art, Hermannsburg watercolours, Arnhem Land art, Urban art. Digby Hyles is a participating member of the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
August 2012