Robert Dickerson was an independent, self-taught artist and his idiosyncratic art is mostly drawn from autobiographical moments and memories. His images of displaced people, clowns, geishas, children and sportsmen ‘strike a chord in the Australian psyche’.1 His art is charact
Written by Christopher Allen | Columnist | The Australian | 20 July, 2019
Margaret Olley’s extravagantly coloured still-life paintings were embraced by her audience at a time when abstraction was on the rise and painting as an art form was in decline. Olley’s richl
Justin Turner’s interest in auctioneering and friendship with David Boyd drew him into the world of Australian art, later thrusting him into the role of CEO of Menzies Art Brands.
Justin Turner’s interest in auctioneering and friendship with David Boyd drew him into the world of Australian art, later thrusting him into the role of CEO of Menzies Art Brands.
Having sold pieces by the likes of Jeffrey Smart and Brett Whiteley for more than a m
Justin Turner’s interest in auctioneering and friendship with David Boyd drew him into the world of Australian art, later thrusting him into the role of CEO of Menzies Art Brands.
Having sold pieces by the likes of Jeffrey Smart and Brett Whiteley for more than a m
Howard Arkley is a contemporary artist whose work has joined that elusive m
Having spent five years in London, Fred Williams returned to Australia in December 1956 to immerse himself in a landscape familiar in its strangeness.1 In dramatic contrast to the picturesque greenery of the English countryside, Williams observed an Australian landscape that was b
Tom Roberts painted Pizzo dei Piani in 1913 while staying in Italy with friends near Lake Como, in the country’s North. The lake and the surrounding countryside and Alpine scenery which are the feature of this painting were the subject of a series of works exhibited at Walker’s Art Gallery,
After the Bushfire 1957 belongs to John Perceval’s most exciting artistic period and marks a significant shift in his oeuvre. The late 1950s saw the culmination of his career coming to fruition and his most interesting stage, producing oils that are alive with ‘wild untrammelled joy
Throughout his oeuvre, Arthur Boyd made use of allegorical themes to make comments on universal concepts of love, vanity, racism, poverty, war and death. In the present work, Boyd interprets the story of Susanna and the Elders, from the Old Testament Book of Daniel which recounts the dramati