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Pwerle is recognised as a leading Australian indigenous artist from the younger generation of Anmatyerre artists in the Utopia region of the Northern Territory.
Pwerle pedigree comes from a family of well-listed and respected artists, including her mother Barbara Weir and grandmother … Read More “Charmaine Pwerle (Australian Aboriginal 1975) Biography”
Jane Sutherland was an Australian impressionist artist, landscape painter, and teacher who was part of the burgeoning late nineteenth-century Australian “Plein-air” movement.
She significantly influenced professional and amateur women artists who followed her ground-breaki… Read More “Jane Sutherland (1853 – 1928) Biography”
This public art installation is located outside the iconic Pullman Building, originally known as the Hilton Hotel, opposite the MCG Stadium.
These bronze sculptures consist of two life-sized human/animal hybrid figures, sharing a coffee together representing a moment with a loved one, or a friendship… Read More “The Dogman & The Rabbitgirl Fitzroy”
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Born February 1912 in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, Drysdale moved to Melbourne with his family in 1923.
He was educated at Geelong Grammar School, and in his last year there in 1929, it was discovered that Drysdale had a detached retina in his left eye.
His damaged eye resulted in him doing eye exer… Read More “Sir Russell Drysdale biography”
John Giles was born in South Australia in 1884, and studied under Will Ashton in Adelaide and J S Watkins in Sydney.
Giles’ life and career can be summed up by his best artworks, generally natural impressionist compositions, dabbing colour to create form, and set against the varied Seaside Vist… Read More “John Giles (Australian 1884-1970) Biography”
Born in 1944 Maxwell Wilks started his studies in drawing at the National Gallery School in Victoria under John Brack and Ian Armstrong.
He also studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in commercial design and oil painting with artist Shirley Bourne.
His first exhibition was in 1967 and… Read More “Maxwell Wilks (Australian 1944-) Biography”
This Bronze sculpture located in Maribyrnong Victoria commemorates the 128,000 horses that left Australian shores for multiple fronts across Europe. Most importantly, The War Horse “Sandy”, the only horse to return from WW1.
With Australia’s involvement in WW1 beginning in August 1914, it was the nav… Read More “Sandy: The Warhorse That Made It Back”
John Henry Olsen, Born in Newcastle in January 1928, moved to Bondi Beach with his family in 1935, beginning his lifelong fascination with Sydney harbour bridge.
Olsen attended St Joseph’s College in Hunters Hill until he left school in 1943.
After leaving school, he studied at the Dattilo Rubbo Art S… Read More “John Henry Olsen Australian (1928-2023) Biography”
On the corner of High Street and Glenferrie Roads in Malvern stands The Sun & the Moon Sculpture, by Melbourne avant-garde artist Paul Juraszek.
It consists of two prominent figures, a male and female, respectively, with their heads towards each other engaged in symbolic posturing.
The… Read More “Stonnington City Sculpture “The Sun And The Moon”.”
Introduction
Charles Conder was a talented artist and critical contributor to the Heidelberg School Movement.
Conder was born in 1868 in London, the son of a civil engineer, and a direct descendant of Louis François Roubiliac, the 18th century sculptor, Conder was sent in 1884 to Sydney, Australia, age… Read More “Charles Conder (1868-1909) Biography”