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Sir Hans Heysen OBE (8 October 1877 – 2 July 1968) was an Australian artist. One of Australia's best known landscape painters, [ 1 ] Heysen became a household name during his lifetime for his watercolours and oil paintings of the Australian bush , in particular men and animals toiling among monumental gum trees against a background of ...
Wandjuk Marika (1927–1987): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist, actor, composer and land rights activist; Stella Marks (1887–1985): best known as a portrait miniaturist; Claude Marquet (1869–1920): political cartoonist; Conrad Martens (1801–1878): English-born landscape artist active in Australia
On 26 January 1993, Long was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia 'for service to the arts as a painter of Australian landscapes.' [4] At the age of 100, Long continued to paint every day and staged his centenary exhibition on 14 May 2011 at Kim Nelson Fine Art & Editions in Yass, New South Wales, not far from the nation's capital ...
Australian art is a broad spectrum of art created in or about Australia, or by Australians overseas, spanning from prehistoric times to the present day. The art forms include, but are not limited to, Aboriginal , Colonial, Landscape , Atelier , and Contemporary art .
Albert Namatjira painting in Alice Springs (Mparntwe), c.1957. Albert Namatjira (pronounced; born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists.
Droving Into the Light, originally titled Into the Light, is a 1921 painting by renowned Australian artist Hans Heysen. The painting was composed over a period of seven years from 1914 to 1921. [ 1 ] It is part of the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth .
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Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is a national movement of international significance with work by Indigenous artists, including paintings by those from the Western Desert, achieving widespread critical acclaim. Because naming conventions for Indigenous Australians vary widely, this list is ordered by first name rather than surname.