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Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000): Western Australian artist and writer; Ivan Durrant (born 1947): painter, performance artist and writer; Benjamin Duterrau (1768–1851): English painter, etcher, engraver, sculptor and art lecturer who emigrated to Tasmania; Ludwik Dutkiewicz (1921–2008): Ukrainian-born naturalized Australian artist [1]
Pages in category "Australian painters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 249 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The boom and bust cycle in contemporary art is evident in the 1980s colonial art boom ending at the time of the 1987 stock market crash and the exit of many artists and dealers, followed by the 2000s boom in Aboriginal dot painting and Australian late modernist painting, which ended at the time of the global financial crisis and growing ...
John Peter Russell (16 June 1858 – 30 April 1930) was an Australian impressionist painter. Born and raised in Sydney, Russell moved to Europe in his late teenage years to attend art school. There, he befriended fellow pupil Vincent van Gogh and, in 1886, painted the first oil portrait of the artist, now held at the Van Gogh Museum.
From an early age he took a keen interest in drawing. As there were few opportunities for artists in Ipswich, he studied and copied the work of local sign writers. [3] He was completely self-taught as an artist. Aged 18 years, Doyle joined the Royal Australian Navy with some friends and served for seven years, seeing active service in the ...
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.
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 ...
Olley concentrated on still life and colour. [3]James V. Duhig reporting on her 1962 sell-out show at Johnstone Gallery in Brisbane wrote; "Margaret Olley has reached the flood tide of her art and has stepped up to the top rank of our artists," noting also that all the paintings sold at preview for a gross of £3000, then an Australian record for a woman, but attracted no interest from ...