With its sweeping linear composition, crisp geometric forms and concentrated pockets of pure colour, Morgan Warehouse (1946) presents an important precursor to the most celebrated works of Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013). The immediate post-war years, from 1945 until his departure for Europe in 19
John Olsen (born 1928) has cultivated an impressive career spanning over six decades. His distinctive visual language combined with an intimate relationship with the Australian landscape sees his artworks propelled into a sphere of greatness unlike any other artist. We are enthralled by Olse
A combination of precocious talent, natural bonhomie and early critical acclaim marked Brett Whiteley from an early age as
a figure destined to capture both media attention and the popular imagination.
In addition to his artistic talent, Whiteley was also blessed (or cursed) wi
The Shoalhaven River was a continual source of inspiration to Arthur Boyd and, looking back over the artist’s vast body of work, formed a major part of Boyd’s oeuvre. The Shoalhaven region on the south coast of New South Wales, has historically been an area favoured by artists because of its
The mid-Nineties were momentous years for James Gleeson (AM 1975; AO 1990; Hon. D. Letters, Macquarie University 1985). The present painting, his large and magisterial Landscape with Self-Portrait in Parenthesis of 1994, belongs to this significant period.
It was a period d
There’s a wonderful thing about Rupert Bunny: his paintings always glow with a casual elegance. Looking at the unpretentious ease that emanates from the modish dignity of his well-known self-portrait in the National Gallery of Victoria reminds one of the grace and modest gentility of Bunny’s
In the 1980s the doyen of Australian Art curators, Daniel Thomas, succinctly defined the art of the Southern capital as ‘Melbourne Cool’. He was making the contrast between the warmth, lightness and colour of post-war Sydney painting and the expressive restraint and intellectual discipline o
Jeffrey Smart’s Panel of Studies for Autobahn in the Black Forest of 1979 is a rare and revealing painting by one of Australia’s most successful artists.
The present painting is a panel composition of four studies – a series of variations upon a theme – for two of his visua
The Shower 1984, is a relatively late example of Brett Whiteley’s much-loved theme of the female nude showering or taking a bath. Inspired by his wife and muse, Wendy, the painting displays Whiteley’s prodigious talent as a draughtsman and how he fashioned images of sensitivity and sensualit
In Over the Night Road (Flame & Line) Tim Storrier creates a celestial tour de force, uniting essential elements that drive some of his most well known and sought after paintings. Mastering the art of conjuring beauty while avoiding facile decoration, Storrier is noted for his unwil