GALLERY NEWS 29 JANUARY 2010: Sidney Nolan, Leonard French, Brett Whiteley, Roger Kemp

83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
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Important Australian Paintings

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Kelly 1959
Polyvinyl acetate on board
151 x 120.25 cm
signed lower left: N
verso: Feb 23rd 1959 / N
no.8163

Provenance: Private collection New South Wales

Exhibited: Unmasked: Sidney Nolan and Ned Kelly 1950 - 1990, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 11 November 2006- 4 March 2007

Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly paintings are among the most important in his oeuvre. Painting the first of his Kelly series in 1946-47 (National Gallery of Australia), Nolan returned to the Kelly figure many times and it is the 1950s Kelly paintings in particular which establish “a new magic and imaginative power.”1 In these later Kelly paintings the ‘naïve’ style of the 1940s Kelly series has been replaced by a more human, emotional intensity. In Kelly 1959 Nolan combines the heroic image of Ned Kelly with the classical image of martyrdom. This work highlights Nolan’s interest in the mythic and uniquely Australian Kelly saga as a story which parallels classical legend. Painted while Nolan was in New York on a Harkness Fellowship, Kelly 1959 is executed in polyvinyl acetate (the medium used for the Leda and Swan series also painted at this time) which Nolan scraped across the board in multiple transparent layers of luminous and varied colour.

1 Clark. J., Sidney Nolan: Landscapes and Legends, ICCA, Sydney, 1987, pp.120-21.

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Leonard French (b.1928)

Leonard French (b.1928)
Winter Fountain c.1987-93
enamel and gold leaf on hessian on composition board
122 x 137 cm
Signed: l.r. 'French'
Provenance: Private collection Perth
no.11197

Leonard French's works frequently depict epic stories, such as the Iliad, the Odyssey and events from the Bible. These stories allow him a platform to explore universal themes, most frequently the struggle and spiritual journey of a hero. His highly individual and distinctive works reveal a plethora of influences, from Byzantine mosaics (his symmetry and precision), to Gothic (bright colours outlined in black), Romanesque architecture (squat, solid figures) Cubism and the work of Léger to name but a few. This work, Winter Fountain, exemplifies all these elements. The two figures in the work – one black, one white and both with distinctive rounded heads, first began appearing in French’s work in the late 1980’s. Like many facets of French’s work they appear to be highly symbolic, but with the exact meaning intended by the artist obscured. Other works wit these figures include The Release (in the collection of the Bendigo Art Gallery), Duet and The Tightrope (both in private collections.) Winter Fountain from the Duality series, expresses a deep sense of self and individual mortality. The series which was created during the late eighties explores the human condition as the figure struggles with between light and dark images of self. French's work is represented at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, all state galleries, most regional galleries and is also included in many major international collections, including the MoMA, New York. French also completed numerous monumental commissions in Australia, the most famous being the glass ceiling in the Great Hall at the National Gallery of Victoria.

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Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)

Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)
Untitled (Bird) 1978
Oil on board with mixed media
82 x 85.5cm
Signed 'Brett Whiteley 78' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.8781

Brett Whiteley created some of the most important paintings of twentieth century Australian Art. His mastery of, and unique approach to form, colour, light and gesture in a body of work which spans subjects from birds to boulders, have made him one of the icons of not only the Australian art world but also internationally. Brett Whiteley is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries, as well as many important public collections both in Australia and overseas. Three of Brett Whiteley’s most memorable solo exhibitions were devoted to the theme of birds in 1979, 1983 and 1988. “It is not too fanciful to think of Whiteley’s bird paintings as self portraits”, Barry Pearce has commented. “He loved them since childhood and in his last phase of work they became symbols of both domesticity and freedom.” Reference: The Australian Magazine, 26 August, 1995, p.16.

“Pearce has described Whiteley as “Australia’s most sublime painter of birds, “as essential symbols of the song of creation and the joy of life.” Reference: Barry Pearce (1989), Australian Artists, Australian Birds, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, p.144.

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Roger Kemp (1908-1987)

Roger Kemp (1908-1987)
Untitled c.1963
Acrylic on masonite
91.5 x 122cm
no.5320

Roger Kemp is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia. Kemp has been the recipient of numerous coveted awards including the 1968 and 1970 Blake Prize. “Kemp’s contribution to the development of abstract painting in Australia is substantial. He has shown how a personal language can be developed from experience with effort and tenacity without recourse to models from abroad.”

Reference: Roger Kemp: Cycle and Directions 1935 –1975, Monash University Department of Visual arts, Exhibition Gallery, Melbourne: The Gallery, 1978 pp.1-2.

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Kevin Connor (b. 1932)

Kevin Connor (b. 1932)
Movie World People 1993
Oil on linen
71 x 91.5cm
no.6155

Kevin Connor is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, most state galleries, many regional regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia. He has been the recipient of numerous coveted awards including the 1975 and 1977 Archibald prize, 1991 Sulman Prize and the 1992 and 2005 Dobell Prize. Movie World People 1993 is a bold, painterly work. Connor's brush work is loose and immediate, the paint application heavy, enlivening the painting with a distinct sense of movement.

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James Gleeson (1915-2008)

James Gleeson (1915-2008)
Untitled (Two Figures in Psychoscape) c.1965
oil on board
19 x 14.5cm
Signed 'Gleeson' lower right
Provenance: Sydney Antique centre
Grafton House Gallery
Private collection Cairns
no.11139

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David Boyd (b.1924)

David Boyd (b.1924)
Three Children by the sea c.1999
Oil on board
26 x 22 cm
Signed: "David Boyd" lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.11017

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Contemporary Paintings

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Spill 2007
oil on linen
122 x 122cm
no.10885

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Wayne Eager (b.1957)

Wayne Eager (b.1957)
Fragrance, 2008
acrylic on linen (framed)
152 x 122cm
no.10424

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Tony Irving (b.1939)

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Beyond the fence 2009
oil on linen
80 x 130cm
no.11146

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Judy Cassab (b. 1920)

Judy Cassab (b. 1920)
Women with Sphinx 2007
Oil on canvas
39.5 x 50 cm
Signed 'Cassab 07' lower right
Provenance: The artist
no.10678

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Anna Platten (b.1957)

Anna Platten (b.1957)
Head and House 2007
charcoal on paper
125 x 100cm
no.10769

Finalist in the Kedumba drawing prize 2007

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Paul Procee

Paul Procee
My Spineless Cousin 2009
Oil on copper
25 x 20cm
no.11195

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Philippa Blair (b.1945)

Philippa Blair (b.1945)
Knockout 2007
oil on canvas
152.5 x 152.5 cm
no.9863

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Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)

Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Cloudy Day, Rain Sprite
pastel on paper
67 x 47cm
signed 'Proud' lower right
no.10161

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Featured Graphic

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)
Lovers in a Landscape
Etching A/P
26.5 x 30cm (image)
37.5 x 52.5cm (paper)
signed Arthur Boyd, VI/VI, A/P
no.10436

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John Coburn (1925-2006)

John Coburn (1925-2006)
Rare Bird 1987
Screen print A/P (6 colours)
artist' proof: 10
48 x 70cm (image)
54.9 x 74.9cm (sheet)
signed, dated LR, inscribed with title LC and edition LL
printed by Michael Phelps, Sydney
commissioned by the New South Wales State Cancer Council for its Bicentennial Collection: A portfolio of Australian artists (a boxed set with 11 other artists)
no.10386

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Current Exhibition

February
Gallery 1 & 2: Summer Exhibition


Upcoming Exhibitions

March
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Wayne Eager

April
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Pam Sackville

May
Gallery 1: Autumn Exhibition
Gallery 2: Brian Seidel

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Artwork of the Day - Irving - Beyond the Fence

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Beyond the fence 2009
oil on linen
80 x 130cm

Tony Irving is one of Australia’s leading contemporary realist painters whose devotion to realist painting extends across four decades. Irving is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Lady Potter Collection as well as numerous other public collections throughout Australia. He has held exhibitions in the UK, Indonesia and Singapore and in 1966 was awarded the coveted McCaughey Prize.

New Additions to the 2010 Exhibition Schedule

Stephen Nothling (b.1962) New Ways With Roses Opening 19 June, 3-5PM

Tony Irving (b.1939) Exhibition 2010: New Work Opening 3 November, 6-8PM

Gallery News 23 September 2009: Elisabeth Kruger, Sidney Nolan, John Coburn

83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
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New in the gallery

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Climber 2007
oil on linen
153 x 122cm
no.10891

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Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Four rose buds 2007
oil on linen
92 x 122cm
no.10883

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Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Cirque 2008
oil on linen
122.5 x 153cm
no.10884

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Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Spill 2007
oil on linen
122 x 122cm
no.10885

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Stephen Nothling (b.1962)

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
Cover of darkness 2 2009
oil on canvas
160 x 190cm
no.10879

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Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
In the moonlight 2009
oil on canvas
107 x 70cm
no.10881

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Important Australian paintings

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Untitled (Gallipoli Series) 1960
Ripolin enamel on paper
30.3 x 25.3cm
Signed lower left: Nolan
verso: Oct 20th 1960 / Nolan
no.95999

Provenance: The artist, Private collection Sydney

Nolan's Gallipoli series is the subject of the major exhibition Sidney Nolan: The Gallipoli Series, currently at the Australian War Memorial.

Nolan donated works from this series to the War Memorial in 1978 in honour of his brother who died in an accident before the end of the Second World War.

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John Coburn (1925-2006)

John Coburn (1925-2006)
Plants in Moonlight 1972
Oil on canvas
106 x 113cm
Signed 'Coburn' lower right
no.8229

The Garden is an important motif in Coburn’s body of work. There are obvious connotations to the Garden of Eden but of significance are his childhood memories of northern Queensland and the tropical rainforests with their deluge of lush colours.1 As Nadine Amadio explains, “the memory of youth among rich tropical plant growth, of rainforests and tropical jungles, has remained with him as an essential and evocative part of his symbolic language … Sometimes when his foliage and plant shapes have the exotic and overgrown mystery reminiscent of Henri Rousseau, it seems glowingly evident that he is haunted by the world of his earliest childhood.3” In 1953 an exhibition of contemporary French painting by Matisse, Picasso, Leger, Mannessiere de Stael and others was hung at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. French Painting Today made Coburn feel for the first time that here was an art that was relevant to him. Coburn recalled in an interview with Lou Klepac that it was at this point that the Garden became an important subject in his work. He recalled seeing a garden shortly after viewing the exhibition – “I went home that night and did a painting of it. It was an abstract painting, but it was all about that garden and that was my first success as a painter.”2

1 Rozen, A., The Art of John Coburn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979, p.8.
2 John Coburn quoted in, Klepac, L., John Coburn: The Spirit of Colour, The Beagle Press, Roseville, 2003.
3 Amadio, N., John Coburn: Paintings, Craftsman House, Roseville, 1988, p.7.

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Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)

Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Sunday Morning 2007
oil on canvas
59.5 x 90 cm
signed lower right
no.9715

Often quirky and verging on the surreal, Geoffrey Proud's paintings in oil and pastel are like fractured fairytales. Depicting a world of innocence with a sometimes ominous edge, Proud's paintings are fantastic and bizarre. His choice of subjects is broad, including children and childhood narratives, flowers, still lifes and nudes. Alternating between expressionist impasto brushwork and sensitive detail, he experiments freely with vibrant colour and varying textures. The highly glazed surfaces of his recent oils give his scenes an ethereal and otherworldly quality. Proud has won numerous awards including the Sulman Prize in 1976 for a painting on perspex, and the Archibald prize in 1990 for his portrait of writer Dorothy Hewett. He has exhibited consistently in all state capitals since 1966 and is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; many State and regional gallery collections; Parliament House collections in Canberra and Sydney; Artbank; IBM collection; and the Elton John collection, London.

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Brian Dunlop (b.1938)

Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Towards Plato 1
Gouache on paper
33 x 48cm
no.9547

Brian Dunlop is one of Australia's foremost representational painters. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as numerous other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He has won numerous coveted awards including the 1981 Sulman Prize. Dunlop's Large Lagoon 2009 was a finalist in this year's Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize. The above painting is the pair to a similar work which has recently been acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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Current Exhibition
Closes tomorrow

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Siesta in Constantina 2009
oil on linen
118 x 151cm
no.10416

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Upcoming Exhibition

Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us

Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm
by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

Judy Cassab (b.1920)
Red Still Life 2008
Oil on canvas
60 x 44.5 cm
signed 'Cassab 08' lower right
no.10666

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John Seed (b.1945)
Into The Wind
Galvanised painted steel
30 x 25 x 35cm

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Sale Section

Ray Crooke (b.1922)

Ray Crooke (b.1922)
Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance:
Phillip Bacon Gallery Brisbane
Private collection Sydney
no.10537

Crooke's broad-leafed tropical vistas in vivid colours and contrasted areas of light and dark, often likened to Gauguin, are among the most important in Australian landscape painting. Both Gauguin and Crooke shared the experience of Island life. Crooke captures the 'essence of Island life, a place where the pattern of life is simple... where there is an innocence of the complexity of life.'

Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.

Reference: Island Journal Ray Crooke, Introduction by Peter Denham, Bede Publishing, Australia, p.8.

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Eubena Nampitjin (born c.1921)

Eubena Nampitjin (born c.1921)
Kunawarritjilc
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100cm
Warlayirti Artists #860/04
verso: Warlayirti Artists 1000 x 1000
Eubena Nampitjin 860/04
no.8597a

Eubena Nampitjin is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia.

Eubena has painted some of her country south west of Balgo, along the Canning Stock Route. The circle to the right of the painting represents Kunawarritji (Well 33) and is the place where Eubena would often hunt. The circle to left is a small tjurrnu and a place where women dance. The strong lines in the painting depict the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country.

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Graphics: New in the gallery

Anne Smith

Anne Smith
Odalisque I
Etching 14/50
19.5 x 24cm (image)
38 x 57cm (paper)
no.10865

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Wendy Sharpe (b.1960)

Wendy Sharpe (b.1960)
Paris, the Metro
Etching 22/40
22.5 x 29.5cm (image)
3x x 57cm (page)
Editioned L.L., titled L.C., signed 'W. Sharpe' L.R.
no.10870

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Eva Breuer Art Dealer Podcasts

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Current Exhibition

September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition


Upcoming Exhibitions

September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed

October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch

November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby

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Opening: Tony Irving

The Tony Irving show, Other places other views, opened last week and if you haven't made it to 83 Moncur street we would like to encourage you to pay a visit before the work comes down on the 25th. The exhibition has a new addition, a lovely gouache sketch of the larger (and very popular) canvas Motel. Please email the gallery for the current pricing and availability of works.

Motel (study) 2009
gouache on arches paper
20 x 27 cm (image size)
no.10874

Opening photographs, 12 September 2009

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Gallery News 16 September: Elisabeth Kruger, Ray Crooke, Garry Shead

83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
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Available soon
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)

The gallery is pleased to announce we will soon be receiving
a number of major paintings by Elisabeth Kruger.

Please contact the gallery for further details.

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Hook 2008
Oil on linen
60 x 50cm

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Focus on Ray Crooke

Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Tahiti c.1962
oil on canvas
74 x 100 cm
signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10529

This very good early 1960's work typifies Crooke's mastery in depicting the density of the lush, green landscape of Australia's tropical north and beyond to Thursday Island, Tahiti and Fiji. Around the time this painting was completed Crooke returned to Cairns to paint full-time, living in the picturesque beach village Yorkeys Knob.

Crooke's broad-leafed tropical vistas in vivid colours and contrasted areas of light and dark, often likened to Gauguin, are among the most important in Australian landscape painting. Both Gauguin and Crooke shared the experience of Island life. Crooke captures the 'essence of Island life, a place where the pattern of life is simple... where there is an innocence of the complexity of life.'

Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.

Reference: Island Journal Ray Crooke, Introduction by Peter Denham, Bede Publishing, Australia, p.8.

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Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49 cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Phillip Bacon Galleries
Private collection Sydney
no.10537

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Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Untitled (woman)
oil on board
29.5 x 23cm
Signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10655

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Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Untitled
oil on board
49.3 x 60cm
Signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10657

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Important Australian Paintings

Garry Shead (b.1942)

Garry Shead (b.1942)
Monarchy at Sunset 1995
Oil on canvas
122 x 155cm
Signed 'Garry Shead 95' lower left
no.1606

Illustrated: Grishin., S, Garry Shead, Encounters with Royalty,
Craftsman House 1998, plate 3, page 37.

Exhibited: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Touring Exhibition, Brisbane City Gallery, 1998

Provenance: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

Monarchy at Sunset 1995 is one of the largest major paintings from the early period of the important 'Royal Suite' series.

The painting is illustrated in the definitive text on the series and is one of the largest paintings from the beginning of the series in 1995. The composition is a complex one involving multiple large figures including both the Queen and the Consort. The painting also includes the other essential images of the best paintings of the series; the harbour bridge, the silhouetted kangaroo, the Koala and the sprig of golden wattle. Please contact the gallery for further information or to arrange a viewing.

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New in the gallery: Garry Shead etching

Garry Shead (b.1942)
The Sacrifice 2009
Multi plate etching 24/65
4 plates with 9 colours
60 x 90cm (plate size)
79 x 108cm (paper size)
Printed by Diane Lewis
no.10860

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Brian Dunlop (b.1938)

Brian Dunlop (b.1938)

Lagoon 2009
oil on linen
65.5 x 58cm
no.10315

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Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)

Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Emma – Twilight 2008
oil on canvas
100 x 88cm
no.9841

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Carl Plate (1909-1977)

Carl Plate (1909-1977)
Third Edge 1961
Oil on board
181 x 121cm
Signed 'Carl Plate '61' lower left
Signed and inscribed with title, verso:
'EDGE/CARL PLATE'
Exhibited: Sydney, Royal Agricultural Show
no.8138

Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.

Carl Plate was born in Perth and studied at the National Art School in Sydney. He then travelled and studied abroad before returning to Sydney in 1940, where he had a remarkable influence on local artists through the establishment of his famous Notanda Gallery in Rowe Street, Sydney. He was a highly gifted painter who moved from figurative abstraction in the 50’s to pure abstraction during the 1960s and 70s.

Plate has won prizes such as the McCaughey Prize in 1968 and the Aubusson Tapestry Prize in 1967. Plate is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, regional galleries in NSW as well as institutions in London, New York, Paris and important corporate and private collections in Australia.

Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.

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Ena Joyce (b.1926)

Ena Joyce (b.1926)
Patrick White Country c.1970
Oil on board
35.5 x 50.5 cm
no.5338

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Contemporary Painting

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
Suspending Belief 2005
Oil on canvas
91.5 x 121.5cm
no.8150

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Current Exhibition

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Shadows in Time 2009
Oil on linen
137 x 180 cm
no.10639

Tony Irving is one of Australia’s leading contemporary realist painters. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Lady Potter Collection as well as numerous other public collections throughout Australia. Irving has held exhibitions in the UK, Indonesia and Singapore. In 1966 he was awarded the coveted McCaughey Prize.

Shadows in Time, based on a street in Castlemaine, Victoria, is a monumental work which brings to mind the vast Venice panoramas of Canaletto. Tony Irving’s exhibition Other places, other views is on view now.

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Upcoming Exhibition

Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us

Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm

Judy Cassab (b.1920)
The Striped Vase 2007
Oil on canvas
31 x 27 cm
signed 'Cassab 07' lower right
Provenance: The artist
no.10669

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John Seed (b.1945)
Nautilus
Painted steel
25 x 20cm

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Samuel Wade (b.1979)

Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm

Samuel Wade (b.1979)
Platform Composition V 2009
Oil on linen
71 x 91 cm
Signed Same Wade 09 lower right
no.10859

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Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Euphoria, The Tea Party

Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm

Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Arcadia 2009
oil on canvas
75 x 91 cm

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Madeleine Winch (b.1950)
Scenes from Life

Opening 24 October 2009, 6-8PM
by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO,
Governor of New South Wales

Madeleine Winch (b.1950)
Inner World
oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm

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Doreen Gadsby (Coburn) (b.1926)

Opening Wednesday 11 November 2009, 6-8pm
Paintings now in the gallery to view.

Doreen Gadsby (b.1926)
Hillside - Gourdon 2009
oil on canvas
50 x 50cm

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Featured Graphic

Margaret Olley (b.1923)

Margaret Olley (b.1923)
Poppies and Checked Cloth
Etching 13/75
multi plate etching (4 plates, 8 colours)
edition of 75 (unframed)
58 x 72 cm (image size)
79 x 108 cm (paper size)
no.9795

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Eva Breuer Art Dealer Podcasts

In 2009 the gallery has introduced podcasts (online videos) which appear on the website in conjunction with each exhibition. In addition to exhibitions, the podcasts will also cover the important Australian artists in which the gallery specialises, including Sidney Nolan (below). The podcasts include two minutes of commentary by gallery staff, an interview with each artist and images of the paintings available.

How to Use Podcasts

1. Download Apple Quicktime player if is not already installed on your computer. Click here to download the free software.
2. Install Apple Quicktime player.
3. Once installed, visit the Podcast page by clicking here.
4. Click on the image of the podcast you would like to watch and the movie will begin to play.
5. Please ensure your volume is turned on so that the sound is audible.

Sample Podcast (Click the image to visit the podcast page)

Current Exhibition

September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition


Upcoming Exhibitions

September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed

October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch

November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby

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