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25. A.H. FULLWOOD 

The big names of Australian painting of the 1880s and 90s still dominate the public and private mind to the detriment of both a whole range of quality artists and collectors who are unfamiliar with their work. Albert Henry Fullwood is an excellent example and The Swing is a classic

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26. J.H. CARSE 

Scottish-born painter James Howe Carse arrived in Melbourne during the late 1860s at an extraordinary time in Victoria’s colonial history. Over the past two decades, the Gold Rush had dramatically transformed Melbourne from a fledgling colonial outpost to one of the most dynamic and prospero

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27. WILLIAM LONGSTAFF 

In The Great War and Modern Memory cultural historian Paul Fussell studied the literary responses by English participants to trench warfare in the Great War. He relates how writers grappled with the presence of horrific injuries, brutal carnage and unprecedented death by looking for

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28. BRETT WHITELEY

As an art student Brett Whiteley was filled with the restless urge to absorb as much as he could from the artists who had come before him. Early influences included William Dobell (1899-1970) and, in particular, Lloyd Rees (1895-1988), a fellow resident of the comfortable harbourside suburb

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29. GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH 

Grace Cossington Smith came late to fame. In 1973, Daniel Thomas, senior curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, organised a national touring retrospective and, at eighty-one, Cossington Smith emerged from obscurity as a major Australian modernist painter. Despite le

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30. JUSTIN O'BRIEN

By all accounts Justin O'Brien was a charming man who used his wit, skill and humour to turn acquaintance into friendship.  His art reflected this gregarious disposition and was intended to win admiration as well as critical appreciation.    Young Girl in a Mantilla <

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31. DONALD FRIEND

Donald Friend’s diaries provide a vivid account of his personal life and a wealth of information about the origins and development of his many book projects. Writing and illustrating stories provided him with an additional creative outlet to his art. Read in relation to the diary entries, th

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32. BRETT WHITELEY 

Painted in the latter period of the artist’s life, Still Life in the Moonlight is not a typical Brett Whiteley painting, yet it says much about the artist. As with a good deal of his work, it can be read in largely autobiographical terms whilst referring to universal themes.

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33. ARTHUR BOYD

The years following the Second World War were lean times that brought families back together seeking common ties and a meaningful life ‘a world away’ from a Europe mired in conflict. The Boyd dynasty was no different. In 1948 Arthur Boyd’s uncle, the novelist Martin à Beckett Boyd (1893-1972

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34. CHARLES BLACKMAN

It would probably be idle to speculate how far a much-feminised childhood played its part in Blackman’s oeuvre, but almost all of his pictures from 1953 and ’54 depict and dramatise young girls. They are frequently at play or else walking home alone. They may be m

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