A brief note 

ANDREW SIBLEY was born in 1933 in Adisham, Kent, England, and is listed in histories and encyclopedias of Australian art as a significant figurative painter of the mid and late 20th century.

In 1948, Andrew emigrated to Australia, and commenced his formal painting career in Brisbane during the latter half of the 1950s--alongside notable artists such as Jon Molvig and Ian Fairweather, Charles Blackman and Clifton Pugh.

In 1960 he had his first solo exhibition and in 1962 he received the Transfield Art Prize (Australia's largest) with his painting The Bathers.

In 1963, Andrew had work exhibited at the Tate Gallery, London, followed by inclusion in the Paris Biennale in that year.

In 1967 Sibley accepted a full-time position as a painting lecturer at RMIT, a position he would go on to hold until 1987 when he became Head of Painting at Monash University.

In 1978, Andrew took leave from RMIT to visit India and in 1980, he travelled to Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, staying with indigenous artists at Oenpelli.

Over his 58-year career Andrew achieved strong commercial and critical success. Following the death of his wife, he joined Kick Gallery in Melbourne in 2012, where he exhibited until his death in 2015.