31. JOHN BRACK
Perhaps owing to the dominance of the Melbourne-Sydney divide in twentiet
Perhaps owing to the dominance of the Melbourne-Sydney divide in twentiet
Despite his later reputation as a chronicler of suburban reality, Howard Arkley was always fascinated by what Sigmund Freud called “the uncanny” (das Unheimliche), the idea that strangeness lurks just under the surface of everyday life. Reflecting this interes
Here we see a fearless protagonist, contemplative and unwavering. A goddess in a fabulous one-piece, astride a pink planet with two waratah sentinels and frames of energy pulsating around her.
The Shower, painted in 1984, is a relatively late example of Brett Whiteley’s much-loved them
John Brack is one of Australia’s most acclaimed and outstanding artists of the second half of the twentieth century. His Reclining Nude 1980, is the standout painting in the series of five major nude oil paintings that the artist co
Conversation Piece 1998 is an exemplary work by Jeffrey Smart that highlights the importance of pictorial innovation and its interaction with time-honoured visual traditions. Smart wanted his paintings and drawings to match the great artists of the past but look and feel contemporar
Whiteley created his rare and almost forgotten masterwork Gauguin at the infamous Chelsea Hotel in New York in 1968. It is one of Whiteley’s most
A Choir for Christabel 1972, is a little-known family portrait that depicts Charles Blackma
For more than four decades Tony Bevan has been creating works that combine a disarming simplicity with a great intensity, deeply personal explorations of the artistic psyche. Through a narrow range of subjects he delves over and over into the fundam
A noted English painter, Tony Bevan has enjoyed some success with his work in Australia, where he has exhibited with Liverpool Street Gallery in Sydney and Niagara Galleries in Melbourne. Since the 1960s he has exhibited extensively in Europe and the United States, as well