Posts Tagged: art
Hyde Park and Opera
Another chapter in The Australians by Robert Goodman and George Johnston is The Cities.
Hyde Park and Opera
Another chapter in The Australians by Robert Goodman and George Johnston is The Cities.
Fitzroy River and Judith Wright
In The Australians, published by Rigby Limited in 1966, Robert Goodman and George Johnston’s first chapter concerns The Land.
Fitzroy River and Judith Wright
In The Australians, published by Rigby Limited in 1966, Robert Goodman and George Johnston’s first chapter concerns The Land.
Robert Goodman and George Johnston
In 1962 an American photographer, Robert Goodman, conceived of an idea to produce a picture book on Australia.
Robert Goodman and George Johnston
In 1962 an American photographer, Robert Goodman, conceived of an idea to produce a picture book on Australia.
Far Away Australia
How about visiting the Ross River cattle station? A billy tea and damper picnic near the historic homestead.
Far Away Australia
How about visiting the Ross River cattle station? A billy tea and damper picnic near the historic homestead.
Australian Ruins
Another Helvetica driven poster for the Australian Tourist Commission.
Graphic Eric Thake
So there is Eric Thake working away at Paton’s Advertising Agency in Melbourne. For 30 years.
Graphic Eric Thake
So there is Eric Thake working away at Paton’s Advertising Agency in Melbourne. For 30 years.
Bookish Eric Thake
Most of the information I’ve collected about Eric Thake has come from the State Library of Victoria website.
Bookish Eric Thake
Most of the information I’ve collected about Eric Thake has come from the State Library of Victoria website.
Political Eric Thake
A couple more images from the National Gallery of Australia book Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955.
Political Eric Thake
A couple more images from the National Gallery of Australia book Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955.
Birdman Eric Thake
The one thing you notice when you start digging Eric Thake is his love of owls.
Birdman Eric Thake
The one thing you notice when you start digging Eric Thake is his love of owls.
Early Eric Thake
The young sketcher, Eric Thake, was out and about Melbourne in the early 1920s.
Early Eric Thake
The young sketcher, Eric Thake, was out and about Melbourne in the early 1920s.
Dark Eric Thake
The National Gallery of Victoria has this lovely Eric Thake watercolour, pastel, and charcoal drawing in their collection.
Dark Eric Thake
The National Gallery of Victoria has this lovely Eric Thake watercolour, pastel, and charcoal drawing in their collection.
Upper Middle Class Women
Progressive, unmarried, upper middle class women like Violet Teague and Una Teague were expected to get on with things.
Upper Middle Class Women
Progressive, unmarried, upper middle class women like Violet Teague and Una Teague were expected to get on with things.
Desert Ladies
As Violet and Una Teague get closer to Central Australia, Violet creates some stunning abstractions using the colours and shapes around her.
Desert Ladies
As Violet and Una Teague get closer to Central Australia, Violet creates some stunning abstractions using the colours and shapes around her.
Outback Ladies
As Una and Violet Teague motored further into the outback, Violet continues to sketch.
Outback Ladies
As Una and Violet Teague motored further into the outback, Violet continues to sketch.
Violet and Una Teague Set Off
In 1933, a year before Albert Namatjira met artist Rex Battarbee, the “can do” artist Violet Teague set out to visit Central Australia with her sister, Una.
Violet and Una Teague Set Off
In 1933, a year before Albert Namatjira met artist Rex Battarbee, the “can do” artist Violet Teague set out to visit Central Australia with her sister, Una.
Violet Teague 1872-1951
When I was reading about Albert Namatjira, I found Victorian artist Violet Teague had a close connection to him.
Violet Teague 1872-1951
When I was reading about Albert Namatjira, I found Victorian artist Violet Teague had a close connection to him.
Never Paint Again
Unless aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira overcomes his worries over white men he will never paint again.
Never Paint Again
Unless aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira overcomes his worries over white men he will never paint again.
Albert Namatjira’s Ghosts
My favourite Albert Namatjira’s paintings are the Ghosts Gum watercolours.
Albert Namatjira’s Ghosts
My favourite Albert Namatjira’s paintings are the Ghosts Gum watercolours.
Albert Namatjira’s Chasms
One of the residents of the Hermannsburg mission in central Australia was Albert Namatjira. He showed a keen interest in Rex Battarbee’s watercolours. Rex taught him all he knew, including how to sign his name in the white man’s way,
Albert Namatjira’s Chasms
One of the residents of the Hermannsburg mission in central Australia was Albert Namatjira. He showed a keen interest in Rex Battarbee’s watercolours. Rex taught him all he knew, including how to sign his name in the white man’s way,
Central Australia
My niece and nephew’s writing about their time in the USA got me thinking about our own central Australia.
Central Australia
My niece and nephew’s writing about their time in the USA got me thinking about our own central Australia.
American Dream by Claudia Brennan
When the pilgrims arrived on the shore of the new world, they found a secularization of the Garden of Eden;
American Dream by Claudia Brennan
When the pilgrims arrived on the shore of the new world, they found a secularization of the Garden of Eden;
Visiting America by Joseph Brennan
If there’s one thing that visiting America will teach you, it’s that there’s simply no other place like it.
Visiting America by Joseph Brennan
If there’s one thing that visiting America will teach you, it’s that there’s simply no other place like it.
Sleeping Cowboys by Claudia Brennan
Architects often favor incongruity with the surrounding environment in order to imbue their work with gravitas.
Sleeping Cowboys by Claudia Brennan
Architects often favor incongruity with the surrounding environment in order to imbue their work with gravitas.
True Western by Joseph Brennan
Along the Arizona-Utah border, just off Highway 163 and deep within the Navajo reservation there lies a series of stratified plateaus, which sit like great fists of rock, pounding a docile plain. It looks like something out of a movie,
True Western by Joseph Brennan
Along the Arizona-Utah border, just off Highway 163 and deep within the Navajo reservation there lies a series of stratified plateaus, which sit like great fists of rock, pounding a docile plain. It looks like something out of a movie,
Utah Minutiae by Joseph Brennan
There’s something brewing in Utah’s deserts.
New York High by Claudia Brennan
There is a stanza in Emily Dickinson’s “I died for beauty” that examines the inevitable supremacy the natural world holds over the follies of mankind.
New York High by Claudia Brennan
There is a stanza in Emily Dickinson’s “I died for beauty” that examines the inevitable supremacy the natural world holds over the follies of mankind.
Unfinished NYC by Joseph Brennan
Upon his first visit to New York City, early 20th century novelist O. Henry commented; “It’ll be a great place, if they ever finish it.”
Unfinished NYC by Joseph Brennan
Upon his first visit to New York City, early 20th century novelist O. Henry commented; “It’ll be a great place, if they ever finish it.”
Tessellating Rooftops by Claudia Brennan
In the both universal and sheepish pursuit of metropolitan voyeurism, windows seem to garner the bulk of attention.
Tessellating Rooftops by Claudia Brennan
In the both universal and sheepish pursuit of metropolitan voyeurism, windows seem to garner the bulk of attention.
Upstate New York by Joseph Brennan
When one thinks of the dense and dark forests of a Grimm tale, each creaking bough the home of some mythical monster of Germanic villagers’ construction, one doesn’t immediately connect this imagery with the surrounds of upstate New York.
Upstate New York by Joseph Brennan
When one thinks of the dense and dark forests of a Grimm tale, each creaking bough the home of some mythical monster of Germanic villagers’ construction, one doesn’t immediately connect this imagery with the surrounds of upstate New York.
Hampton Strangeness by Claudia Brennan
I only spent three days in East Hampton, Long Island but it didn’t take long to be struck by the strangeness of it all.
Hampton Strangeness by Claudia Brennan
I only spent three days in East Hampton, Long Island but it didn’t take long to be struck by the strangeness of it all.
Indoor/Outdoor Nonsense
I really like Philip Johnson’s Wiley House in New Canaan.
