Tag: art
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Robert Goodman and George Johnston
In 1962 an American photographer, Robert Goodman, conceived of an idea to produce a picture book on Australia.
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Far Away Australia
How about visiting the Ross River cattle station? A billy tea and damper picnic near the historic homestead.
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Graphic Eric Thake
So there is Eric Thake working away at Paton’s Advertising Agency in Melbourne. For 30 years.
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Bookish Eric Thake
Most of the information I’ve collected about Eric Thake has come from the State Library of Victoria website.
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Political Eric Thake
A couple more images from the National Gallery of Australia book Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955.
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Dark Eric Thake
The National Gallery of Victoria has this lovely Eric Thake watercolour, pastel, and charcoal drawing in their collection.
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Upper Middle Class Women
Progressive, unmarried, upper middle class women like Violet Teague and Una Teague were expected to get on with things.
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Desert Ladies
As Violet and Una Teague get closer to Central Australia, Violet creates some stunning abstractions using the colours and shapes around her.
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Outback Ladies
As Una and Violet Teague motored further into the outback, Violet continues to sketch.
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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.