With a career spanning over 30 years as a painter, Stieg Persson is a well known figure within the Australian and international art world. Persson’s work is celebrated for his distinct (yet eclectic) style, which consists of elements associated with abstraction, figuration and decorative art, as well as the artist’s deeply intellectual interrogation of Australian culture and society. In this work titled, Duck and quail eggs, Italian herbs, Persson reflects on contemporary parallels in changes of taste and the desire for decadence as a political and social drive. Inspired by Brighton’s iconic Church and Bay Streets, the artist addresses the social currency of luxury and high-end cuisine by depicting rococo style blackboards which offer the latest in fine dining, alcohol, exercise classes, skin treatments and lavish linens. Persson is presenting a subtle critique of the contemporary obsession with food; as contemporary society places greater significance on the connoisseurship of eating, it does so in lieu of engagement with culture as it is traditionally conceived (music, theatre, literature and art).oil on linenstieg persson, brighton, signage, graffiti, food, chalkboard, bayside, painting

oil on boardbeaumaris, bayside, coast, landscape, miles evergood, painting, rickett's point, bay, water, shrub, trees

landscape, dandenongs, trees, ferns, hill, vegetation, elizabeth prior

oil on boardmargaret baskerville, painting, landscape, winter, rain, clouds, sheep, grazing, hills, farm, trees

helen bassett, painting, landscape, hills, valley, trees, clouds, sky

Artist unknown, Sir Thomas Bent 1909, oil on canvas, 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection.sir thomas bent, mayor, policitian, portrait, brighton, speaker, premier, councillor, land speculator, local government, member of lower house, mayor of brighton, premier of victoria

Alan Marshall (1902-1984) was an Australian writer, story teller, social documenter and author of 'I Can Jump Puddles'. For many years, Marshall lived in Sandringham. A bronze bust dedicated to him stands outside the Sandringham Library in Waltham Street. He died on 24 January 1982 in Brighton East, Victoria.alan marshall, portrait, n. lubeck, writer, i can jump puddles, social documenter, australian literature, australian author

elizabeth prior, anchorage, boats, sailing, bay, water

elizabeth prior, boats, sailing, bay, water, half moon bay, black rock, bayside

boats, bay, water, half moon bay, black rock, bayside, john trebilco, aerial, houses, streets, coast, beaumaris, beach road

bayside, john trebilco, gasworks, highett gasworks, highett, gas

The Sandringham Yacht Club was established in 1911-12 although its history can be traced back as far as 1903 to the formation of the Port Phillip Yacht Club.sandringham yacht club, otto boron, sandringham, yacht, boats, bayside, port phillip bay

otto boron, merimbula, painting, coastal town, new south wales

This painting was entered into the 10th Annual Brighton Art Exhibition in 1980 and was the winner of Brighton City Council Acquisitive Award category.autumn, leaves, tree, seasons, dr cliff judge, cliff judge, brighton art exhibition, brighton city council acquisitive award

Acquired by Sandringham City Council in 1985 as winner of the acquisitive Inez Hutchison Award, established by the Beaumaris Art Group in 1966.Kathleen Mitchell, Hillside 1985, oil on canvas, 89.7 x 120 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Winner of the acquisitive Inez Hutchison Award, 1985.tree, kathleen mitchell, hillside, hill, landscape, painting, inez hutchison award, beaumaris art group

bathing box, bathing shed, bathing boxes, brighton, brighton beach, beach, coast, port phillip bay, margery boyle

ramon horsfield, hill, country, rural, landscape

ramon horsfield, country, rural, landscape, bush, gum, tree, murray river

ramon horsfield, rural, landscape, bush, gum, tree, eildon, lake, lake eildon, hill

The original oil portrait is held by the Australian War Memorial.Large official framed colour print of King George V in military uniform. The linked article by Laura Cook, published by the AWM in 2017 gives a history of the original Berrie portrait and reproductions."His Majesty King George V"king george v, kew (vic.) — municipal collection, wwi

The French Collection was donated to the Society in 2022. This collection includes documents, artworks, books, costumes and artefacts belonging to two families. A number belonged to, or were made by the grandparents of the donor: Vera May Wing and her husband Hubert Charles McDonald. [Other items belonging to Vera and Hubert are in the collections of the Australian Performing Arts Museum and Museum Victoria.] A second significant group of objects were gifts made to the donor's family by Lucy (Jean) Hornby of Queen Street, Kew whose family had been early settlers in the district.Gift of Anna French, 2022Frankston country road. Oil on composite board by Hubert Charles McDonald.Reverse: "HC McDonald / Frankston"artworks, frankston, hubert c mcdonald

The painter of the work is unidentified. While the frame was made in Brisbane, the artwork is likely to be European in origin. The framer, William Lewis Hamilton, trading as A.L. Hambleton is listed in a Commonwealth of Australia Gazette of 1917. (No.113) in an application for copyright. The donor's ancestors, who included a number of amateur artists, lived in Coorparoo, Queensland.Oil on canvas mounted in an elaborate gilt wooden frame. The painting depicts a donkey and chickens in a barn. Donated by Rosemary Vaughan-Smith. A label on the frame is partly readable. It indicates that the frame was supplied by A.L. Hambleton, Kents Building, cnr Adelaide and Albert Streets, Brisbane.See note on label abovevaughan-smith collection, farmyard scenes, oil paintings

Local scene - historical.Oil on Canvas

Market Garden LandscapeMarket Garden Landscape. Oil on board, 29 x 39cm - AR0062

Possibly a local historic reference ??Quarry Scene. Oil on canvas, 91 x 121cm - AR0066

H Bendler. Horses by a stream. Oil on board, 54 x 75cm - AR0068

This contemporary view of the Keilor Hotel emphasizes the artist's expressive brushwork.Raymond Mudford. The Keilor Hotel. Oil on board, 59.5 x 80cm,

Oil on board, 59 x 44 cmBrass Plaque attached to bottom middle of frame "Presented by the Rotary Club of St. Albans in recognition of outstanding support from the Keilor City Council"

Local Scene. Keilor landscapeLocal sceneOil on Board

Local SceneOil on paper.