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Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000): Western Australian artist and writer; Ivan Durrant (born 1947): painter, performance artist and writer; Benjamin Duterrau (1768–1851): English painter, etcher, engraver, sculptor and art lecturer who emigrated to Tasmania; Ludwik Dutkiewicz (1921–2008): Ukrainian-born naturalized Australian artist [1]
The boom and bust cycle in contemporary art is evident in the 1980s colonial art boom ending at the time of the 1987 stock market crash and the exit of many artists and dealers, followed by the 2000s boom in Aboriginal dot painting and Australian late modernist painting, which ended at the time of the global financial crisis and growing ...
Quintessentially Australian art styles include the Heidelberg School the Hermannsburg School and the Western Desert Art Movement. Australian cinema has a long tradition with a body of work producing popular classics such as Crocodile Dundee and The Man From Snowy River, and arthouse successes such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Ten Canoes ...
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.
In 2010, First-class Marksman (1946) became the most expensive Australian painting ever sold. Dubbed "the missing Nolan", the painting was the only one in Nolan's first series of 27 Ned Kelly paintings not in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. It was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales for $5.4 million. [31]
Pages in category "Australian painters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 249 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his generation, Lindsay attracted both acclaim and controversy for his works, many of which infused the Australian landscape with erotic pagan elements and were deemed by his critics to be "anti-Christian, anti-social and degenerate".
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 ...