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Tag Archives: #AustralianArt
5 Reasons To Be A Roy – Not an Awry De Maistre Fan
Leroy Leveson Laurent Joseph “Roy” De Maistre was born Leroy Livingstone de Mestre in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia on 27th March 1894 into a home of high social standing. He was educated by tutors and governesses at the family … Continue reading
Grace’s Home Through the Looking Glass
Grace Cossington Smith Door Into the Garden, 1959. Oil on composition board. – Bendigo Art Gallery. Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting in Australia, Grace Cossington Smith was born Grace Smith, on 20 April 1892 in Neutral Bay, Sydney. … Continue reading
Two great compositions by Smith and Sculthorpe
This 1982 depiction of Peter Sculthorpe was painted by the Archibald Prize winning-artist for portraiture, Eric John Smith. Born in 1919 and raised in Brunswick, Melbourne; at the age of 17, Smith undertook a commercial art course at the Brunswick … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt
Tagged #AustralianArt, Archibald Prize, Archibald Prize Winners, Australian Ballet, Australian composer, Australian music, classical music, Earth Cry, Eric Smith, Fanny Cochrane Smith, Kakadu, National Portrait Gallery - Canberra, Peter sculthorpe, sir Robert Helpmann, Sun Music
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There is ‘Still Life’ in Karlis Mednis
Karlis Mednis is not so well known in the international art arena, but I find his work vibrant and energetic. Karlis was born in Russia in 1910, and studied at the Latvian Riga School of Art, before he emigrated to Australia … Continue reading
Posted in Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #Acrylics, #AustralianArt, Art, Karlis Mednis, OilPainting
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