Tag: art

• Robert Goodman and George Johnston

  

  In 1962 an American photographer, Robert Goodman, conceived of an idea to produce a picture book on Australia.

  2012-03-12

• Warm Australia

  

  This ad still works 40 years later.

  2012-03-09

• Far Away Australia

  

  How about visiting the Ross River cattle station? A billy tea and damper picnic near the historic homestead.

  2012-03-08

• Australian Sheilas

  

  Ok. Well I like parrots.

  2012-03-07

• Australian Ruins

  

  Another Helvetica driven poster for the Australian Tourist Commission.

  2012-03-06

• Australian Type

  

  I’ve always liked typography.

  2012-03-05

• Graphic Eric Thake

  

  So there is Eric Thake working away at Paton’s Advertising Agency in Melbourne. For 30 years.

  2012-03-02

• Bookish Eric Thake

  

  Most of the information I’ve collected about Eric Thake has come from the State Library of Victoria website.

  2012-03-01

• Political Eric Thake

  

  A couple more images from the National Gallery of Australia book Printed images by Australian artists 1885-1955.

  2012-02-29

• Birdman Eric Thake

  

  The one thing you notice when you start digging Eric Thake is his love of owls.

  2012-02-28

• Early Eric Thake

  

  The young sketcher, Eric Thake, was out and about Melbourne in the early 1920s.

  2012-02-27

• Cool Eric Thake

  

  Me again with artist portraits.

  2012-02-24

• Light Eric Thake

  

  Back to happier times for Eric Thake.

  2012-02-23

• Dark Eric Thake

  

  The National Gallery of Victoria has this lovely Eric Thake watercolour, pastel, and charcoal drawing in their collection.

  2012-02-22

• Wartime Eric Thake

  

  War gave Eric Thake the opportunity to travel.

  2012-02-21

• Witty Eric Thake

  

  Many Australian artists have taken to the outback.

  2012-02-20

• Upper Middle Class Women

  

  Progressive, unmarried, upper middle class women like Violet Teague and Una Teague were expected to get on with things.

  2012-02-17

• Desert Ladies

  

  As Violet and Una Teague get closer to Central Australia, Violet creates some stunning abstractions using the colours and shapes around her.

  2012-02-16

• Outback Ladies

  

  As Una and Violet Teague motored further into the outback, Violet continues to sketch.

  2012-02-15

• 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.

  2012-02-14