Between 1956 and 1959 Arthur Boyd made a number of landscape paintings inspired by the Victorian countryside. Following the success of his Berwick and Wimmera paintings of the late 1940s and early 1950s, he had already established his reputation within this much-loved genre. Yet the creative
Set in the New South Wales south coast town of Thirroul, The Mockers explores the dark biblical theme which fellow Australian artist, Arthur Boyd (1920-1944), depicted in his series of fifteen works painted in the mid 1940s following his discharge from the army. Here, Shead interpre
When Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) penned his novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 1891, he infused his main character Tess with an emotional sensitivity towards landscape. A victim of manipulation by fate, she had lost her virginity in a rural tryst. Her inward feelings of grief found the
The Love on Mount Pleasant suite of paintings by Garry Shead (b.1942), is one of the artist’s most significant bodies of work. Bacchus at Mount Pleasant 2009, encapsulates a little-known narrative that lies at the core of the nation’s cultural life. The extraordinary story surroundi
Woman and Dog belongs to the highly important series of paintings produced by Arthur Boyd after leaving Australia for England in 1959. Success in Australia meant that Boyd and his family could make the trip, and he arrived in England supported by letters of introduction and referenc
Colonial painting has often been criticised for being imagined painted memories of European scenery rather than depictions of root and branch of the Australian bush. The first immigrant painters, like contemporary painters now, were not immune from European fashion. Eugene von Guérard (1811-
Colonial painting has often been criticised for being imagined painted memories of European scenery rather than depictions of root and branch of the Australian bush. The first immigrant painters, like contemporary painters now, were not immune from European fashion. Eugene von Guérard (1811-
Arthur Boyd, Garry Shead head Denis Savill Sale in Menzies 22 September 2016 Auction
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In 2005, as the Australian art market approached its zenith, a group of eight collectors engaged Bill Nuttall, founding owner of Melbourne’s epochal Niagara Galleries and arguably the most popular and well respected industry figure in Australasian circles, to form a collection of contemporar
Judy Watson was born at Yarungkanji, Mount Doreen Station, a cattle station north-west of Alice Springs. This was at a time when the Warlpiri, indigenous peoples of the Tanami Desert, were following a traditional nomadic life travelling on foot throughout their country, hunting and collectin