The Australian Art Companion: A Selection of Influential ArtistsCompilation of 55 influential Australian artists both past and present. Includes a colour illustration of a work by each artist accompanied by biographical and critical notes. Most of the paintings shown are available for public viewing in state galleries. |
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Aborigines abstract Adelaide Art School Australian art Australian Impressionism Australian landscape Australian painting Balson Battarbee beautiful became born Boyd Bunny bush Buvelot Canberra Cézanne Charles Conder colour Conder Cubism died Dobell drawing Drysdale Drysdale's early English Europe European exhibition Fairweather father Fizelle French Gallery of Victoria Grace Cossington Smith Grace Crowley Hans Heysen Heidelberg School Heysen Hobart Impressionism impressionist influences John Olsen John Passmore John Peter Russell Julian Ashton's School Klippel Lanceley later light lived Lloyd Rees London Maistre married McCubbin Meadmore Melbourne Melbourne's National Gallery modernist Namatjira National Gallery School nature Nolan one-man show painter Paris Piguenit plein air portrait prize produced Purchased Ramsay returned to Australia returned to Melbourne returned to Sydney Roberts Roland Wakelin Rubbo sculptures sketches South Wales South Wales Art Streeton student style Sydney Long Tasmania Tom Roberts Travelling Scholarship Wales Art Gallery Wandjina watercolours Watkins Williams