Gordale Scar (Grey) 1910 is a lively response to a striking cleft and canyon captured while on a walking tour of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.¹ Painted outdoors, in front of the subject, it is one of a pair of paintings Arthur Streeton produced of the i

An excellent example of shadow treatment is shown in the canvas “En Deshabille.”  A lovely young girl in lilac underwear sits at a window in the shade of a closed shutter, the fair head thrown back in the armchair.

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Kitchen Cupboard with Pomegranates c1979 was undoubtedly painted in Margaret Olley’s home in Duxford Street, Paddington, where she lived and worked from 1964 until her death. While the paintings produced there are perfectly balanced aesthetic compositions, photographs reveal a

This forceful image, which transforms the intangible emotional world into a dreamlike reality, is an iconic and classical image. It is both a unique and extraordinary painting because it bridges the different eras of Blackman's oeuvre, marking a transition and laying the foundation for the <

This forceful image, which transforms the intangible emotional world into a dreamlike reality, is an iconic and classical image. It is both a unique and extraordinary painting because it bridges the different eras of Blackman's oeuvre, marking a transition and laying the foundation for the <

This forceful image, which transforms the intangible emotional world into a dreamlike reality, is an iconic and classical image. It is both a unique and extraordinary painting because it bridges the different eras of Blackman's oeuvre, marking a transition and laying the foundation for the <

The creators of the infamous Ern Malley literary hoax imbued their fictional character with the haunting poetic expression, ‘the black swan of trespass on alien waters.’ In October 1943, the young poets James McAuley and Harold Stewart, stationed at Victoria Barracks Sydney, sent a package o

The Troopers enquired at the homestead as to whereabouts of the outlaws, but were told to ask the old man who was up bathing in the dam.¹

Sidney Nolan chose these words to describe The Questioning 1947, a painting that is part of the 1946-47 s

Five decades of creative endeavour have seen Tim Storrier rise to the very pinnacle of Australian art. He has won all the important prizes and is eagerly sought by art collectors nationwide. His work might not have found favour in high academe, but in the broad court of popular opinion he is

The two major motifs Ben Quilty explores most often in art are identity in post-colonial Australia and the destructive behaviours of modern masculinity – ultimately both examinations of himself. The works of his 2014 exhibition at Galerie Allen in Paris are no exception. The exhibition, titl