21/01/2009 NEWS: Artist Peter Corlett is pictured with his statue of Dame Edna Everage.
Peter Corlett’s stunning sculptural tributes to famous Australians
He’s cast entertainers, war heroes, comedians and sports stars. And Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews could be renowned sculptor Peter Corlett’s next muse.
1/19
2/19
Corlett’s statue of former Labor Premier John Cain outside Treasury Place in Melbourne. Cain died in 2019. Photo: AAP Image/ James Ross.
3/19
Corlett’s statues of Long-serving Victorian premiers Henry Bolte and Albert Dunstan
4/19
Michael Drake 5, from Perth, looks at up at Corlett’s statue of Sir Rupert Hamer in Treasury Place, with flowers at his feet after his death in 2004. Photo: Kelly Barnes
5/19
“Sue” by Peter Corlett, 1983, from The Naked and the Nude exhibition on at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2008.
6/19
Corlett and the then Governoer General, Sir Michael Jeffrey, with Corlett’s statue of Harry Murray, VC, at a memorial at Evandale, Tasmania in 2006.
7/19
Corlett’s World War One memorial sculpture "Cobbers", on display at the Aust Army 1st AIF memorial in Fromelles, France in 1998.
8/19
Corlett’s statue of Sir Edward ' Weary' Dunlop in Melbourne.
9/19
Simpson and his donkey, a preliminary model for a statue of the famous Gallipoli stretcher-bearer on display at the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Picture: Ned Kelly
10/19
“Hero Hands". Part of Peter Corlett's sculpture of Ted Kenna VC in Hamilton, Victoria.
11/19
Statue of Ben Chifley and John Curtin by artist Peter Corlett in Canberra.
12/19
Veteran artist Peter Corlett in his workshop. Photo Zoe Phillips.
13/19
A life sized bronze of Robert Menzies as a schoolboy by Peter Corlett OAM. Heather Henderson, daughter of Robert Menzies in 2016. Picture: Valeriu Campan
14/19
Corlett works on his John Farnham statue, erected at Docklands in 2006.
15/19
Corlett with his finished John Farnham statue.
16/19
Corlett with his sculpture of pop queen Kylie Minogue. Photo Craig Borrow.
17/19
Corlett poses with his bronze statue of TV legend Graham Kennedy, in 2005. Photo: Tim Carrafa.
18/19
Corlett with his Graham Kennedy Statue in 2005.
19/19
Corlett with his bronze statue of a light horseman in 2008. The statue was sent to Israel. Photo: Bill McAuley