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50. CLARICE BECKETT

Clarice Beckett, now recognised as one of Australia’s finest early modernists, lived a humble life. She never left the state of Victoria and painted most of her oeuvre in the Melbourne seaside suburb of Beaumaris while caring for her aging

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51. GARRY SHEAD

‘You make your own reality, there is no other rule.’1

Garry Shead has

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52. KEN WHISSON

Born in Lilydale, north east of Melbourne, in 1927, Whisson’s formative years were spent under the tutelage of Danila Vassilieff (1897-1958), Melbourne’s pre-eminent figurative expressionist.1 Through Vassilieff, Whisson formed loose acquaintances with Sidney Nolan (1917-1992) and

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53. ROY DE MAISTRE

The first impression of Roy de Maistre’s Annunciation c1934 is one of a painted stage set. There are minimal brightly coloured flats on each side of the image that focus the viewer’s attention on two cubist figures occupying centre stage. This seems like an innovative approach to de

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54. ROGER KEMP

Modern World by Roger Kemp encapsulates a watershed moment in Australia’s history. Conveying the excitement then overtaking the contemporary world, this remarkable painting speaks of that heady time when, having emerged from years of armed conflict, the nation was poised to surge ah

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55. PENLEIGH BOYD

Sydney Harbour 1922, presents a tranquil, luminous vision of sea and sky. It is a richly evocative work that was painted following Boyd’s move to Sydney early that year. For a period of six months, prior to travelling to London in September to organise an exhibition of recent internatio

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56. EUGENE VON GUÉRARD

The present work may be the work exhibited by Eugene von Guérard at the 1849 Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Rhineland-Westphalen, Düsseldorf, as No. 22, Italienische Landschaft, Composition [1849]. The painting, as noted in the art news of the Düsseldorfer Journal und Kreisblatt

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57. Attributed to GEORGE BAXTER

The experience of the emigrant in Australia’s colonial history has been the subject of surprisingly few painterly images. The most famous, arguably, is Ford Madox Brown’s (1821-1893) The Last of England 1825 (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery collection). Closer to home, Tom Roberts’ Coming

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20. FRED WILLIAMS Grass Trees in Landscape, Deception Bay c1971

Fred Williams sits among a tiny handful of artists whose works have reached more than one million dollars at auction, and in his case, on more than a dozen occasions. It is testament to the consistent quality of the paintings he produced and also the special place they hold in the imaginatio

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20. JEFFREY SMART Hindley Street at Evening 1943-44

Jeffrey Smart is known for his carefully drawn and constructed urban landscapes.  He combines flat areas of colour against a carefully balanced geometry derived from the straight lines and antiseptic spaces of the contemporary city landscape and its arid hinterlands.  Blousy, sligh

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