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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, On the Waranga Basin, Victoria
... and changing conditions of the Australian landscape during the artist's ...RomanticismLeonhard Adam. On the Warringa Basin, Victoria. Nov 41leonhard adam, waranga basin -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, 110 deg Fahrenheit
... conditions of the Australian landscape during the artists time ...Done by Leonhard Adam, internee at Tatura.Original Painting depicting the camps, colours and changing conditions of the Australian landscape during the artists time in internment at Tatura.leonhard adam, internee tatura -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Waranga Basin 6.1.42
... conditions of the Australian landscape during the artists time ...Painted by Leonhard Adam, an internee in Tatura.Original Painting depicting the camps, colours and changing conditions of the Australian landscape during the artists time in internment at Tatura.leonhard adam, waranga basin -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Book - Family History, Born on the Banks of the Murrumbidgee, 2009
The story of McCormick family spanning 2 centuries from 1809 on the Isle of Wight and Ireland to 2009 in Australia. Contains details of reunion 14 November 2009 on leaflet insert. Peppercorn trees still standing on Harston property.Pale green soft covered book, background of peppercorn leaves, rocking chair on wooden floor. Writing and sketch in black ink. Sketch by well known cartoonist and artist Jeff Hook.Born on the Banks of the Murruambidge - the chant of Peter Mcormick - Stories of his Life and his peopleparker and chambers, jeff hock, mulcahy family, parker family, chambers family, mccormick family, family reunions, harston -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Oil, Australian Birds
The painting belonged to the Wied family who were in Camp 3 Tatura. Artist unknownThree budgerigars, one blue, one yellow, one green sit on a thin branch of a tree with a Major Mitchell Cockatoo to the right of the picture. Another bird is in the air attempting to land on the branch. The sky is blue and the landscape is yellow with a tinge of green. A blue mountain range is on the horizon. Painted on board with a brown wooden frame.major mitchell cockatoo, australian birds, budgerigars, australian landscape -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Painting, Oil, Deutscher Wald
This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.green and yellow forest with a natural path coming from the left side and 6 prominent trees along itBack: (in pencil) 'Deutscher Wald. gemalt in Tatura (Australia) Charlotte Rippert.', a sticker for the Tatura and District Historical Society Museum, another sticker that reads - 'Gerd Aberle, 40 London Street, Bentleigh Vic 3204. Artist Charlotte Rippert Camp 3 -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Map - Print in frame - Numurkah Township 1888, Supplement to the "Numurkah Standard" January 1888 View of Numurkah Victoria Australia
The late Hilda Morieson (very active in early Historical Society) owned the print. It was then passed on to Mary Morieson, then to Rosemary Kennet. It has been passed onto the Historical Society with permission from Ben Morieson, Hilda's grandsonLarge coloured print of supplement to Numurkah Standard 1888. Artist's view/impression of Numurkah streets (map) surrounded by artwork of a number of Numurkah businesses in the town and local district. The print is under glass in a faux-wood-grained framesee photo abovenumurkah standard, numurkah township map, numurkah businesses, 1888, print -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Audio - Recording, United Artists Records, made in Australia by Festival Recoords Pty Ltd
... United Artists Records, made in Australia by Festival Recoords ...The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.A Man and a Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme), original motion picture sound track. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: Monaural UAL-32,283; Stereo SUAL-932,283; (UAS-5147), Record cover, plastic sleeve, back cover notes (no author listed). Music by Francis Lai.lp, sound recording -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Audio - Recording, Decca
The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Verdi La Traviata. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: 212D 2 D212D 3, 1 cardboard box cover with hinged lid, 3 paper record record sleeves (with inscriptions), 3 vinyl disk, 1 booklet with libretto. Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manguerra and other artists. Composer: Verdi; Conductor Richard Bonynge; The National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Opera Chorus.lp, sound recording, opera -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Audio - Recording
The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.The Australian Opera. LP 33RPM vinyl - Commemorative set, Catalogue Number: 2XS 4606, 1 cardboard box cover, 1 internal box cover, 1 paper record cover, 1 plastic record sleeve, 1 vinyl disk, 1 cardboard portfolio of prints cover, 6 prints of costume design (various artists).lp, sound recording, opera -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, Robin Boyd, Australia has reached a stage of affluence at which she is pleased to find a few dollars spare to use on art after all the plumbing is done, 11.07.1966
... of Australia's and Australians attitude to art and artists and culture ...Robin Boyd wrote this when he was a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria. This article is a critical assessment of Australia's and Australians attitude to art and artists and culture.australian culture, arts, artists, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document, Mark Strizic, Application to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board for a Grant to Assist in the Publication of Art Books, c. 1970
A proposal letter written by Mark Strizic for a grant from the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board to fund a series of art books. Strizic proposes a series of books illustrated by Strizic's own photography, under the series title Expressions. Strizic seeks a grant of $4900 from the board for the publication of two books, one of furniture maker Schulim Krimper, another on John Perceval's Cherubs. Budgets for these books are included, proposing to use the profit from sales to fund subsequent books, including one on the Centre 5 group of sculptors and one with Australian poets with graphics by artist Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski.Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 4 pagesRobin Boyd pencil noterobin boyd, meriel wilmot-wright, myer foundation, mark strizic, schulim krimper, brian lewis, margaret garlick, inge king, clifford last, lenton parr, teisutis zikaras, julius kane, centre 5, time riders, john perceval, vincas jomantas, stan ostoja kotkowski, judith wright, roland robinson, kenneth slessor, max harris, claude wischik, commonwealth art advisory board, andrew grimwade, national gallery of victoria, joseph brown, brian stonier -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Print, Attack At Lone Pine, 1993
Framed print of the Allan Waite 1993 painting 'Attack at Lone Pine - 6 August 1915' Image details an artists interpretation of trench warfare at Lone Pine in 1915. Print has 'Attack at Lone Pine - 6 August 1915', 'Allan Waite - August 1993', and 'Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 1993' printed along the bottom of the print. lone pine, allan waite, ww1, gallipoli, turkey -
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Mixed Media, Hung out to Dry, 2015
... Barracks Burt Street Fremantle, Western Australia 6160 The Artist ...The Artist in Residence program enabled research of the Museum's collection of artefacts relating to 11th Battalion AIF. Access was provided to the behind the scenes storerooms of uniforms, banners, photographs, artefacts and diaries. Michele summarised her experience with the project as follows: "It was an interesting experience and a topic I would not probably have considered had I not been asked. The mixture of history and the people who lived through these times has been an absorbing and rewarding journey for my art practice."Mixed media / textile art from Department of Culture and the Arts, Artist in Residence program 2015 by Michele Eastwood. The hand knitted sleeveless jumper in the Museum, made by Sergeant John Ellwood Rudd of the 48th Battalion was the inspiration behind this work. With great ingenuity John Rudd unwound the knitted socks sent by the women back home. Creating knitting needles fashioned from the barbed wire surrounding the POW camp he was incarcerated in, he knitted a jumper to help him through the freezing winters of Germany in the First World War. Original artefact was inspiration for this artistic interpretation. -
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Diorama, 2015
This diorama is the focal point the Prisoner of War Gallery. It was originally designed and installed by a collaborative group of artists and craftsmen, all themselves former Prisoners of War in 1995. Bamboo for the display and replica prosthetics was sourced from Thailand. The mannequins are artistic interpretations of identified POW surgical staff and doctors. The original display was moved and reassembled during the Gallery redevelopment process in 2015. All items presented within the diorama are based on POW recorded drawings and diaries of experiences in the Thai Burma Railway POW camps.1:1 scale diorama showing operating theatre in POW camp on Burma Thai Railway together with reproductions of prothesis and improvised equipmentthai burma railway; -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: PETER ELLIS EULOGY
2 A4 sheets. Handwritten pencil note at top of first page reads: Eulogy published in Trad & Now Magazine. Vale Peter Ellis OAM. By John Williams. The folk community lost a giant on May 18th when Peter Ellis passed away after a short illness. Peter had been a collector, author and musician for nearly forty years and his work has been prodigious to say the least. Peter has the largest collection of dance related material in the National Library and had travelled Australia on his collection trips. He produced twenty CDs of dance music and historical music with his Bendigo based band the Celebrated Emu Creek Bush Band which he founded and led for thirty four years. His final project was the double CD 'Cooee, Songs of the ANZACS' which he organised in conjunction with the Bendigo Historical Society. It was launched on 24th April and was Peter's last performance. Peter has also been a member of the Wedderburn Old Timers for over thirty years and has assisted with many of their recordings including their latest Bush Concert CD which Peter Organised. Peter has contributed to many other CDs over the years and has been thanked on many a CD cover by many folk artists. Peter has also written several books, the three volume 'Collectors' Choice,' 'Two Hundred Dancing Years' co-written with Shirley Andrews OAM, and 'Music Makes Me Smile' the history of the Nariel Valley musicians co-written with Harry Gardner. Peter's recent major work The Merry Country Dance will become the bible for people wishing to learn about our bush music heritage with its matching six CD collection. Peter has also contributed to 'Verandah Music' edited by Rob Willis and Graham Seal and 'The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore' edited by Graham Seal and is a regular contributor to Trad & Now. He completed his last Trad & Now article the week before he died. Peter was also a life member of the Field Naturalists and was extremely active in campaigns to preserve Lake Pedder, the Whipstick Forest and Kamarooka Forest (now part of Bendigo National Park and preserved forever) One Tree Hill, Jackass Flat Flora Reserve and Saloman's Gully bushlands. Peter has discovered and named plants in the whipstick and enjoyed propagating native plants. He loved his amazing bush block in suburban Bendigo. Peter was also a keen photographer and had photos published in the book 'Wildflowers of Bendigo'. Peter taught dancing and music classes with Continuing Education for many years and encouraged many young musicians over the years. Peter was an accomplished ballroom dancer and had achieved gold medal status in that field. He was one of Australia's finest exponents of the button accordion, concertina, harmonica and tin whistle. Peter also played piano, organ and ukulele as well as the Swanee whistle and bones. Peter was the founder of the Annual Dinki Di Ball held each September in Eaglehawk as a tribute to the old MC's. Peter was happy playing for fund-raisers for any organisation who asked and also enjoyed plying the big gigs such as for the opening of the Melbourne Museum or for State Parliament. He played in the National Folk Festivals in four states and was a regular at the National in Canberra where he gave regular classes, performed with his bands and was a stalwart of the Aussie section of the session bar. He performed at nearly every Maldon Folk Festival and was MC at Nariel Folk Festival dances for many years. Peter was very proud of his OAM and wore the little medal at all of his performances. That honour was rightly given to one who did so much to preserve Australia's dance history. Peter lived a full life and was a friend to hundreds of people. He was taken far too young and in typical fashion was planning new projects right till the end. His passing is a huge loss for us all but one thing is certain. He will never be forgotten.person, individual, peter ellis oam -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: VARIOUS NOTES, 21st December, 1885
... to articles in books. Books include Artists of the Australian... and references to articles in books. Books include Artists ...Two sheets of paper (1 ruled with two message pad pages attached) & 1 plain) of various notes, reports and references to articles in books. Books include Artists of the Australian Goldrush, Snakes of the Whipstick - MacGillivray, The Whipstick Scrub 65 years Ago by Walter W Froggatt, Through the Whipstick Scrub, Excursion to Bendigo (Paton), Observations in the Platypus by Dr MacGillivray, A Plea for the Birds by R N Nancarrow, Snakes & Lizards Macgillivray, and The Naturals History of Leaves J B Mackay. Report on lecture of snakes of the Bgo District Bgo Adv 21/12/1885 and Bgo School of Mines Report 1884bendigo, history, early bendigo, peter ellis collection, bgo science society, dr macgillivray, huxley, nancarrow, files of the bgo adv, allen mccullocks, artists of the aust goldrush, snakes of the whipstick, von mueller, frogatt, bgo adv 21/12/1885, snakes of the bgo district, bgo school of mines, ellez, braugh smyth, vic naturalist, g w knight, c daly, excursion to bendigo, the whipstick scrub 65 years ago , walter w froggatt, through the whipstick scrub, paton, bgo school of mines report 1884, mr nancarrow, 1885 observations in the platypus by dr macgillivray, a plea for the birds by r n nancarrow, 1889 snakes & lizards macgillivray, the natural history of leaves, j b mackay -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Work on paper - ink and watercolour, Annette Meikle, Church of England, 1977
In 1977, artist Annette Meikle undertook a commission to illustrate a book recording stories of places and people in the Bayside area. It was published in 1978 as Sandringham Sketchbook, with text by Elizabeth Waters. The sketches were intended to record remaining examples of Bayside’s early architecture and environment, as well as reflect newer architectural changes. Meikle went on to donate 22 of these sketches to Bayside City Council in 2003. All Souls Memorial Church, located at 48 Bay Road, Sandringham, is believed to be the first reinforced concrete church in Australia. The foundation stone laid on 7 September 1919 and was consecrated in December 1921, the church seats 350 and contains an organ loft, a marble chancel floor, and Australian hardwood pulpit and pews.Annette Meikle, Church of England 1977, ink and watercolour, 35.6 x 25 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by the artist, 2003annette meikle, sandringham sketchbook, elizabeth waters, all souls memorial church, church, building, architecture, bay road, sandringham, church of england -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Work on paper - ink and watercolour, Annette Meikle, Hollyburton, 1977
In 1977, artist Annette Meikle undertook a commission to illustrate a book recording stories of places and people in the Bayside area. It was published in 1978 as Sandringham Sketchbook, with text by Elizabeth Waters. The sketches were intended to record remaining examples of Bayside’s early architecture and environment, as well as reflect newer architectural changes. Meikle went on to donate 22 of these sketches to Bayside City Council in 2003. ‘Hollyburton’ was built in 1908 by the Honourable JV Fairbairn MHR and is notable for its Australian-style arts and crafts detailing. Located on Fernhill Road, Sandringham, it covered 930 square metres and included a servants’ wing.Annette Meikle, Hollyburton 1977, ink and watercolour, 25.8 x 35.6 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by the artist, 2003annette meikle, sandringham sketchbook, elizabeth waters, hollyburton, honourable jv fairbairn mhr, arts and crafts, architecture, historic house, fernhill road, sandringham -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Painting - oil on linen, Stieg Persson, Duck and quail eggs, Italian herbs, 2015
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Signs of the Times
Well-known as an artist, author, historian, illustrator and publisher, Geoff Hocking grew up in the goldfields city of Bendigo and lives today in Castlemaine. His work reflects a passion for the heritage of the goldfields region. https://artsopen.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/geoff-hocking-CV-2019.pdf Full title. "Signs of the Times. A nostalgic Celebration of Australian Advertising Signs. Written by Geoff Hocking. Published by Five Mile Press in 2007. Hard cover book with dust jacket. Blue and gold colouring. Front cover has a picture of a Bushells sign on a brick wall with a peters Ice cream sign in the corner. Back cover has eight smaller advertising signs. 228 pp. containing advertising signs from across Australia with historical notes and descriptions.signs, geoff hocking, photographs, advertising -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Drawing - Emu Creek Bush Band Collection
BHS CollectionA series of 75 black ink pen drawings on white paper of various sizes showing dance positions for a variety of bush dances. The drawings are detailed, some showing hand positions. There are no artist signature or dates.emu creek bush band, australian colonial dance, bush dance steps, bush dance sequences -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Commonwealth of Australia, Sturt St Ballarat, c1910
Image is taken from the National Mutual building on the corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, looking east towards Grenville St. Has an ESCo tram with blinds drawn nearing the intersection. The tramcar number could be 12, 13 or 18. There are a number of horse drawn cabs in the photograph. The Burns statue is on the left side. There are telegraph/telephone poles in the photograph along with the buildings on either side of the streetYields information about Sturt Street east of Lydiard St.Black and white postcard with a green (18mm wide) border acting as a frame to the postcard picture. The picture measures 50mm High x 98mm wide. Has a Victorian Two Pence stamp with a "168" cancellation stamp. The card has been published by the Commonwealth of Australia with a coat of Arms. In the bottom left hand corner is a symbol "HB" within an artists paint palette.On rear is a note to a Miss Audersau of Launceston.sturt st, grenville st, esco, horse cabs, trams, tramways, ballarat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Commonwealth of Australia, Drummond St Ballarat, 1909
The photograph is marked "Drummond St. Ballarat" In the background is the Ballarat hospital, with a cab stand/shelter shed with two horse-drawn cabs at either end. Large trees in Drummond St. - conifers. Also shows other tram track and poles at the time of the photograph being taken. The ESCo tram is not fitted with windscreens. The second copy has an undated letter on the rear. with a handwritten note "1911 period"Yields information about the Ballarat Hospital c1909.Black and white postcard with a green (17mm wide) border acting as a frame to the postcard picture. The picture measures 49mm High x 97mm wide. Has a Victorian One Penny stamp with a "168" cancellation stamp and two cancellation stamps, one Ballarat 7/7/09 and the other with a large "5" in the middle.. The card has been published by the Commonwealth of Australia with a coat of Arms. In the bottom left hand corner is a symbol "HB" within an artists paint palette.Short message from "Nell" to her sister Jean Hall of Blackwood.esco, horse cabs, trams, tramways, ballarat, hospital corner, drummond st. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Print, Nanette Bourke, The Growth of Tourism, 1988
Settling in Moyston in 1984, Nanette Bourke is a prominent figure in the Ararat and Grampians arts community, perhaps best known as a member of the ‘Grampians Four’ group of artists. Bourke has been a printmaker since the late 1960s, having studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and at art societies and the CAE in Melbourne before relocating to Western Victoria. Inspired by the woodcuts and linocuts by Melbourne artists of the 1920s and 1930s - Napier Waller, Murray Griffin, and especially Eric Thake - Bourke embraces the sophisticated results that can be achieved in this medium. Bourke holds a deep affinity with the natural environment, which is integral in her artistic life. Many of the works in this exhibition are inspired by the natural environment of the Grampians. In contrast to the often joyous depictions of Australian native flora, Bourke’s imagery also presents a poignant reminder of humankind’s negative impact on the environment. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Nanette Bourke, Opening up the Land, 1995
Settling in Moyston in 1984, Nanette Bourke is a prominent figure in the Ararat and Grampians arts community, perhaps best known as a member of the ‘Grampians Four’ group of artists. Bourke has been a printmaker since the late 1960s, having studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and at art societies and the CAE in Melbourne before relocating to Western Victoria. Inspired by the woodcuts and linocuts by Melbourne artists of the 1920s and 1930s - Napier Waller, Murray Griffin, and especially Eric Thake - Bourke embraces the sophisticated results that can be achieved in this medium. Bourke holds a deep affinity with the natural environment, which is integral in her artistic life. Many of the works in this exhibition are inspired by the natural environment of the Grampians. In contrast to the often joyous depictions of Australian native flora, Bourke’s imagery also presents a poignant reminder of humankind’s negative impact on the environment. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Nanette Bourke, Return of the Grasstrees, 2007
Settling in Moyston in 1984, Nanette Bourke is a prominent figure in the Ararat and Grampians arts community, perhaps best known as a member of the ‘Grampians Four’ group of artists. Bourke has been a printmaker since the late 1960s, having studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and at art societies and the CAE in Melbourne before relocating to Western Victoria. Inspired by the woodcuts and linocuts by Melbourne artists of the 1920s and 1930s - Napier Waller, Murray Griffin, and especially Eric Thake - Bourke embraces the sophisticated results that can be achieved in this medium. Bourke holds a deep affinity with the natural environment, which is integral in her artistic life. Many of the works in this exhibition are inspired by the natural environment of the Grampians. In contrast to the often joyous depictions of Australian native flora, Bourke’s imagery also presents a poignant reminder of humankind’s negative impact on the environment. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Print, Nanette Bourke, No, I don't want to live to 100, Thank you, 1992
Settling in Moyston in 1984, Nanette Bourke is a prominent figure in the Ararat and Grampians arts community, perhaps best known as a member of the ‘Grampians Four’ group of artists. Bourke has been a printmaker since the late 1960s, having studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and at art societies and the CAE in Melbourne before relocating to Western Victoria. Inspired by the woodcuts and linocuts by Melbourne artists of the 1920s and 1930s - Napier Waller, Murray Griffin, and especially Eric Thake - Bourke embraces the sophisticated results that can be achieved in this medium. Bourke holds a deep affinity with the natural environment, which is integral in her artistic life. Many of the works in this exhibition are inspired by the natural environment of the Grampians. In contrast to the often joyous depictions of Australian native flora, Bourke’s imagery also presents a poignant reminder of humankind’s negative impact on the environment. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Print, Nanette Bourke, Watch Over All Living Things, 1996
Settling in Moyston in 1984, Nanette Bourke is a prominent figure in the Ararat and Grampians arts community, perhaps best known as a member of the ‘Grampians Four’ group of artists. Bourke has been a printmaker since the late 1960s, having studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and at art societies and the CAE in Melbourne before relocating to Western Victoria. Inspired by the woodcuts and linocuts by Melbourne artists of the 1920s and 1930s - Napier Waller, Murray Griffin, and especially Eric Thake - Bourke embraces the sophisticated results that can be achieved in this medium. Bourke holds a deep affinity with the natural environment, which is integral in her artistic life. Many of the works in this exhibition are inspired by the natural environment of the Grampians. In contrast to the often joyous depictions of Australian native flora, Bourke’s imagery also presents a poignant reminder of humankind’s negative impact on the environment. -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Print, Nanette Bourke, Starleaf Grevillea, 2008
Settling in Moyston in 1984, Nanette Bourke is a prominent figure in the Ararat and Grampians arts community, perhaps best known as a member of the ‘Grampians Four’ group of artists. Bourke has been a printmaker since the late 1960s, having studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and at art societies and the CAE in Melbourne before relocating to Western Victoria. Inspired by the woodcuts and linocuts by Melbourne artists of the 1920s and 1930s - Napier Waller, Murray Griffin, and especially Eric Thake - Bourke embraces the sophisticated results that can be achieved in this medium. Bourke holds a deep affinity with the natural environment, which is integral in her artistic life. Many of the works in this exhibition are inspired by the natural environment of the Grampians. In contrast to the often joyous depictions of Australian native flora, Bourke’s imagery also presents a poignant reminder of humankind’s negative impact on the environment.