Australian Modernism

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Australian Modernism 1939-1950
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Australian Romantic Realism Russell Drysdale
(1912-1981) William Dobell (1899-1970)
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Russell Drysdale (1912-1981)
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Russell Drysdale, Moody's pub, 1941 oil on
plywood, 50.9 x 61.4cm
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Russell Drysdale, The drovers wife, 1945oil on
canvas, 51.5 x 61.5cm
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Russell Drysdale, Two children, 1945-1946 oil on
canvas on composition board, 60.6 x 50.8cm
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Russell Drysdale, The rabbiters, 1947 oil on
canvas, 76.6 x 102.5cm
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William Dobell (1899-1970)
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William Dobell, The Cypriot, 1940 oil on canvas,
123.3. x 123.3 cm
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William Dobell, The billy boy, 1943 oil on
cardboard on hardboard, 70.2 x 53.4 cm
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William Dobell, Study for Joshua Smith, 1943 oil
on cardboard on hardboard, 48 x 32 cm
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William Dobell, Portrait of an artist (Joshua
Smith), 1943oil on canvas, 107 x 76cm
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William Dobell, Margaret Olley, 1948 Oil on
hardboard, 117 x 91.5 cm
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William Dobell, Margaret Olley (detail), 1948
Oil on hardboard, 117 x 91.5 cm
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The Rebellious Generation The members of the
rebellious generation Noel Counihan, Albert
Tucker, Sidney Nolan, Max Harris, John Reed and
Bernard Smith created a movement of revolt more
volatile than anything hitherto seen in
Australia. They were revolutionaries
struggling to come to terms with the modern world
and its history. With much in common, they were
also divided in their view on the nature of
society, nature and culture, and of the art that
could give expression to authentic Australian
experience. Richard Haese, Rebels and
Precursors The revolutionary years of Australian
art
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Noel Counihan (1913-1986)
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Noel Counihan, Portrait of William Dolphin, the
Violinmaker, 1945oil on hardboard, 102.2 x 86.9
cm
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Noel Counihan, On the eve of the elections
1955oil on composition board, 52.8 x 91.5 cm
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Danila Vassilieff (1897-1958) Josl Bergner
(1913-)
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Josl Bergner, The pie eaters, 1940oil on
hardboard 50.0 x 60.6 cm
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Josl Bergner, Aborigines in Fitzroy, 1941oil on
board 62 x 49.5 cm
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Danila Vassilieff, Koornong Schoolgirl, 1941 Oil
on canvas 43.5 x 36.2 cm
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Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
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Sidney Nolan, Glenrowan, 1945Ripolin on
strawboard 63.5 x 76.2 cm
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Sidney Nolan, Kelly and Horse, 1946Ripolin on
board 92.1 x 122.4 cm
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Sidney Nolan, Ned Kelly, 1946 Enamel on
composition board, 90.4 x 121.2 cm, National
Gallery of Australia
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Sidney Nolan, Pretty Polly Mine, 1948Ripolin on
hardboard, 91.5 x 122 cm
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Sidney Nolan, Burke and Wills Expedition
,1948Ripolin on board, 91.3 x 122.2 cm
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Sidney Nolan, Central Australia, 1950Ripolin on
board, 91.4 x 122.3 cm
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Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)
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Arthur Boyd, The Expulsion, 1947-48Oil on
tempera on composition board, 101.6 x 122 cm
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Arthur Boyd, Wheatfield, Berwick, 1948Oil on
canvas, 52 x 64cm
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Arthur Boyd, Irrigation lake, Wimmera, 1950
resin and tempera on composition board, 81.4 x
121.9cm
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Arthur Boyd, The Waterhole, c.1954 Enamel paint
on composition board, 88.6 x 119.8 cm
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Arthur Boyd, Shearers playing for a bride, 1957
oil and tempera on canvas, 150.1cm x 175.7cm
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Albert Tucker (1914-1999)
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Albert Tucker, Victory girls, 1943 oil on
cardboard, 64.6 x 58.7 cm
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Albert Tucker, Study for Images of modern evil,
Spring in Fitzroy, 1943 Gouache on paper on
board, 41 x 47.9 cm
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Albert Tucker, Images of Modern Evil 9, 1944Oil
on canvas, mounted on composition board, 51.8 x
63 cm, National Gallery of Australia
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Joy Hester (1920-1940)
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Joy Hester, Study of a woman, 1938 Charcoal, 36.3
cm x 26.0 cm
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Joy Hester, Two girls in a street, c.
1941 watercolour, pen and ink 28.2 cm x 38.8 cm
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Joy Hester, Frightened woman, 1945 brush and
ink, wash 31 cm x 20 cm
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Joy Hester, Love II, c. 1950 brush and ink,
gouache, crayon, collage, 55.8 cm x 39.4 cm