MARIA OPPELLI OPPELT nee RUDEŽ

The hobby artist style is evident in the work of Maria Oppelt Oppeli. Her dedication to creating artworks together with a serious approach to her work is apparent in Oppelli’s representations of landscapes and serious engagement with depiction of figures. The selection of appropriate colours not only expresses the artist’s temperament but also contributes to great drawings and assists in resolving compositional dilemmas.

Alenka Černelič Krošelj, Lecturer of Art History, Ethnologist and Cultural Anthropologist

MARIA was born in Trieste, Italy,  in 1924 to Slovenian parents living in Trieste, and her ancestors having lived in Trieste since the year 1400. Maria died in Melbourne in 2015.
She trusted us:
“I have drew and painted in my school days and then lost everything during the war.
I started to paint again in 1980.”
Qualification: librarian, artist
Exhibitions:
1980     Joined the McKinnon Art Group, McKinnon
1985    McKinnon Art Group Exhibition, Bayley House, Brighton
Likovna razstava Boža Lončarja, Sydney
1987    McKinnon Art Group Exhibition, Bayley House, Brighton
1988    Rotary Club Art Show Heyfield, Victoria
Tabor, Slovenian Club Planica, Springvale
Slovenian Association Melbourne
Art Exhibition, Brighton Recreational Centre
Religious Art Show, Slovenian Catholic Centre, Sydney
1989    Rotary Club Art Show Heyfield, Victoria
Art Exhibition, Brighton Recreational Centre
1990    Rotary Club Art Show Heyfield, Victoria
Slovenian Religious and Cultural Centre, Kew (organized by Maria, proceeds for the Baraga Library)
1991    Rotary Club Art Show Heyfield, Victoria
McKinnon Art Group Exhibition, Bayley House, Brighton
Slovenian Association Melbourne
Rotary Art Show Brighton, Victoria
1992    McKinnon Art Group Exhibition, Bayley House, Brighton
1993    McKinnon Art Group Exhibition, Bayley House, Brighton
Slovenian Association Melbourne

“I have painted 114 paintings with various themes and styles: Slovenian, Austrian, Tibetan and Australian motives, still lifes,             portraits, animals, especially birds and religious paintings.”

Maria Oppelli Oppelt

 

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