Remembered as the pioneer of modern expressionism, surrealist and symbolist painting in Australia, Albert Tucker played a pivotal role in fostering the Australian art culture and igniting international interest in the local art scene. As an artist who was described to have “not dealt in prettiness, but unsettling truths”, the often difficult and confronting work…
Best known for his rural landscapes, Arthur Streeton’s skill in rendering distance and atmosphere, his selection of subject and the feeling he evoked of actual participation in the life of the landscape, brought him nationwide popularity and success. As one of the key founders of the renowned Heidelberg school, Streeton became one of Australia’s most…
A pioneer of contemporary painting, Roland Shakespeare Wakelin came to be regarded as the chief instigator of the modern art movement in Australia. Having become one of the most admired painters of the 20th century Wakelin left a lasting impression on the Australian art world with his strong idealistic vision, unconventional yet intellectual methods of…
One of Australia’s most celebrated portrait and genre painters, William Dobell became renowned for his unique style of painting which allowed his work to vary from Impressionism and Expressionism, and thus bring a distinct character to his subjects. Born in Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, Dobell demonstrated artistic talent from an early age. As…
Widely acknowledged as a pioneer of the Aboriginal art movement, the versatile and greatly innovative painter and sculptor, Lin Onus played a major role in leading the cause of Aboriginal advancement in Australia. Born in the Aboriginal community of Cummeragunja in Victoria, 1948, Onus was the only child of a Yorta Yorta Aboriginal man and…
Considered to be an artist of rare excellence, John Brack became renowned within the Australian art world for his graphically abstract style of painting in which he achieved a perfect synthesis of line, colour and tone. Born in Melbourne in 1920, Brack received a formal education in the arts at the Melbourne National Gallery School…
Born in Hahndorf, South Australia in 1911, as the daughter of the renowned landscape painter, Sir Hans Heysen, Nora Heysen demonstrated great artistic talent and technical skill from a young age. These skills were further developed through an extensive education in the arts in which she studied at North Adelaide’s School of Fine Arts. Displaying…
Much loved and highly regarded, Margaret Olley is one of Australia’s most respected still-life interior painters. She became a distinguished member of the Australian art world for the way she used her art to glorify simple, everyday objects and her acts of philanthropy to the visual and performing arts in which she has been an…
Nicknamed ‘Pro’ as a symbol of his artistic talent, Kevin Charles Hart has become a household name in Australia. Better known as Pro Hart, he is regarded as the father of the renowned outback painting movement, the prolific painter of primitive-regional pictures took a unique approach to his art to effectively capture the true essence…
Born in Sydney in 1928, Charles Blackman spent his childhood in Queensland before leaving school at the age of thirteen to work as an illustrator for the Sydney Sun newspaper while attending classes at the East Sydney Technical School. He kept his illustrating job for five years and studied between 1943 and 1946. When Blackman…