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Many of their most famous works depict scenes of pastoral and outback Australia. Central themes of their art include manual labour, conquering the land, [15] and an idealisation of the rural pioneer. [18] By the 1890s most Australians were city-dwellers, as were the artists themselves, and a romantic view of pioneer life gave great power and ...
Henry Leonardus van den Houten (1801–1879): Dutch-Australian painter, lithographer and art teacher; Valma Howell (1896–1979): painter, actress; Laurence Hotham Howie (1876–1963): South Australian sculptor, painter, and art teacher; John Howley (1931–2020): painter; Frank Hurley (1885–1962): photographer, filmmaker and adventurer
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri AO (1932 – 21 June 2002) was an Australian painter, considered to be one of the most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal artists.His paintings are held in galleries and collections in Australia and elsewhere, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Australia, the Kelton Foundation and the Royal Collection.
Indeed, he gave one Fraser Island painting to Sunday Reed as a Christmas gift that year. [13] Probably his most famous work is a series of stylised descriptions of the bushranger Ned Kelly in the Australian bush. Nolan left the famous 1946–47 series of 27 Ned Kellys at "Heide", when he left it in emotionally charged circumstances.
Albert Namatjira painting in Alice Springs (Mparntwe), c.1957. Albert Namatjira (pronounced; born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists.
The cricketers is a 1948 painting by the Australian artist Russell Drysdale. The painting depicts three boys set among the buildings in an empty town; two playing cricket and the other watching them. The National Gallery of Australia describes the painting as "one of the most original and haunting images in all Australian art."
Thomas William Roberts (8 March 1856 – 14 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. After studying in Melbourne , he travelled to Europe in 1881 to further his training, and returned home in 1885, "primed with whatever was the latest in ...
The collection of the National Gallery of Australia held more than 166,000 works of art as of 2012. [74] and includes: Australian art. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art (mostly recent, but in traditional forms) Art in the European Tradition (from European settlement to the present day) Western art (from Medieval to Modern ...