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55. ALISON REHFISCH

Mrs Rehfisch’s success depends on an unusual combination of qualities. There are many artists with a strong feeling for pattern; many with a keen sense of colour; and many equipped with a ready technique for expressing tone and texture. Mrs Rehfisch, however, excels in all three departments.

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56. RUSSELL DRYSDALE

The year of 1941 proved to be a watershed in the development of Russell Drysdale’s art. Drysdale relinquished a long-held desire to work the land and instead chose to focus exclusively on painting and drawing. He produced his most significant pictures after moving from his family’s property

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61. FRED WILLIAMS

In 1956, Fred Williams returned from five years in England to embark upon a radical reappraisal of the Australian landscape.  Hitherto, Williams’ art had largely concentrated on the human figure – his whimsical etchings and drawings of the early to mid-1950s had featured the musicians,

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62. FRED WILLIAMS

In 1956, Fred Williams returned from five years in England to embark upon a radical reappraisal of the Australian landscape.  Hitherto, Williams’ art had largely concentrated on the human figure – his whimsical etchings and drawings of the early to mid-1950s had featured the musicians,

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63. SIDNEY NOLAN

Of any figure in Australian art, Sidney Nolan most closely resembles the archetype of the ‘artist-adventurer’: an intrepid personality who would journey to far-flung areas of the world in search of new and varied imagery.  Nolan’s compulsive globetrotting was at its height in the 1960s,

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64. ROVER THOMAS (JULAMA)

Rover Thomas (Julama) was born at Yalda Soak in the Great Sandy Desert near Kunawarritji (Well 33) on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia. Following his mother’s death, Thomas was trained as a stockman in the Kimberley region at Billiluna cattle station in the Tanami Desert

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65. EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE

Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s place in the top echelon of Australian abstract painters is assured; her genius acclaimed for not only making us see abstract art differently, but more importantly, for making us see the landscape differently.1

Kngwarreye’s paintings are tangible

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66. TOM ROBERTS

We go on quietly – I’m doing no portraits, but am on, with fresh delight, to landscapes – and here is a very tempting surrounding.1

Up here are the most wonderful clouds; one goes at ‘em and is almost afraid to look next day at the result for fear of disappointment – Hig

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67. SIDNEY NOLAN

Commissioned to produce designs for Colonel de Basil’s international ballet company production of Icare which would tour Australia in 1940, Sidney Nolan exposed a theatrical side of his genius, leading to further involvement with music, ballet and opera productions as his career wen

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68. JUSTIN O'BRIEN

The last years of Justin O’Brien’s life, from 1989 to 1996, saw a decline in his health paralleled by a refinement of the serenity towards which he had aspired during his entire career as a painter. In 1989, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and travelled from his home in Rome to Sydney

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