Brian was born in Melbourne in 1949. Early life was spent in the stimulating bush environment in Montrose. Ramon Horsefield saw a spark and Brian began to paint in oils at the age of thirteen. He contunued tuition with Graham Moore, in class and at night classes. An Art Diploma at Swinburne was not completed. This did not crush his creative spirit and he resumed tuition with Graham Moore. Within a few years he was winning prizes. Many and varied jobs allowed him to survive whilst aspiring to become a full time painter and bring up his growing family. In 1977 Brian resigned from his last employment as a picture framer. He leased a shop in Main St, Mornington and set up classes. Brian taught painting and had his own studio behind the school. Later he was to move and build his "bushland gothic" home in North Warrandyte. Here he developed his reputation as a painter. Brian had his first solo exhibition in 1979. Many more were to follow. He has won many prizes, was a finalist in the 1992 Moran Portrait prize. The Alice Bale Scholarship which he won, entailed a year traveling and studying in Europe. Brian returned home in 1996. Sharing his skills with many students over the years, he taught privately and at various art societies. His oils, pastels and charcoals capture the light of landscape, portrails and nudes. In 2012 it will be thirty-five years since Brian has had a "real job". At times this has been really difficult. He is now semi retired after suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis for a decade. Now he paints what he loves to. His portraits capture the very essence of the sitter. In 2009 he remarried and moved back into the bushland of North Warrandyte. 'Duet' by Brian E. Armstrong was donated by the Artist to the Eltham Copper Butterfly Appeal Auction.Oil on canvas painting depicting a 'Duet' scene with two children. One is shown playing the flute whilst the other is playing the piano. The painting is fashioned in sombre colours and muted tones, with alternating tones of violet prominent.Signed- Brian E. Armstrong '87 On label - artist's name: Brian E. Armstrong Address: 844.2925 Title of Painting: Duet Medium: Oil on canvas On Frame: 82 enclosed in circle. 31 1/2. C Enclosed in circlebrian e. armstrong

Part of the 2009 Mouth and Foot Painting Artist Exhibition held at The Shearer's Arms Arts Centre & Visual GalleryLandscape painting of wool shed with sheep in foregroundsheep, mouth and foot painting

IT IS ON PERMAMENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE PAINTING BY WILLIAM TIBBITS, CIRCA 1870. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN FIGURE TO BE SEEN RIDING HIS BICYCLE FROM ONE GOLDFIELD TO ANOTHER WHERE HE PAITED MANY OF HIS FAMOUS PAINTINGS.OWNERSHIP TRANSFERRED FROM SHIRE OF TALBOT AND CLUNES TO HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCILWATERCOLOUR PAINTING OF CLUNES TOWN HALL BY ARTIST WILLIAM TIBBITS - FRAMEDTOWN HALL CLUNES BALLARAT 1874local history, illustration, watercolour, hepburn shire

Rohan Robinson is an artist born in Geelong, and attended “the Mill” part of Deakin University in 1980-82, studying Fine Art. In 2010-11, he was the manager of Kayili Artists Aboriginal Corporation, at Patjarr in the Gibson Desert W.A., where he oversaw the development and marketing of artworks of the corporation’s members. The community is the remotest in Australia and averaged 25 people, mostly consisting of elderly people and part of the Ngaanyatjarra region, with some members not having any consistent contact with white fellas up to the mid 1960’s. During his time it was common for all the community members to go out hunting and having a visit to important areas, where members would get some tucker of rabbits and lizards and honey ants and perhaps some “meow meow” and have a nice sleep in the shade on the warm sand. Robinson would often take his painting gear along and do some work on unstretched linen on the desert ground, he would paint for a while and then perhaps lie around with the elders or follow one of the expert hunters and observe from a distance [several meters] the skills of elderly women casually walking through some recently burned spinifex knocking cowering bunnies on the head with a steel rod. It was on one of these occasions, when this particular painting was being conceived, that after returning from the hunting mission, he was informed by some of the mob, that an elder had been spending time looking at this work in it’s infantile stage...”You know the old fella over there, he been looking at that painting of yours” It was later in the day, when returning to Patjarr, that the elder Arthur Robertson approached Robinson, and demanded/asked that Robinson paint his stories for him. Mr Robertson was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, and was having trouble painting, but had been doing some brilliant work with Posca markers. It was with a certain reluctance that Robinson agreed, as he felt this to be a “political hot potato in some quarters” but also respected a relationship between artists beyond the cultural divide. Mr Robertson demanded that they start immediately and armed with pencil and paper they created the notes for several paintings under Mr Robertson’s direction. The painting that you are viewing is signifcant in that it was the catalyst for this relationship between the two artists. Mr Arthur Robertson died later that year 2011.Gold framed blue and earth tone painting. Painting depicting four circles with mountain and sky in the background.

Australian school of painting established in 1880's by group of painters who camped in Box Hill on Gardiner's Creek. They later moved to Heidelberg. Plein air painting instigated by Tom Roberts.Australian school of painting established in 1880's by group of painters who camped in Box Hill on Gardiner's Creek. painting, roberts, tom, mccubbin, frederick, abrahams, louis, streeton, arthur, sutherland, jane, heidelberg school, conder, charles, humphrey, mather, john, handasyde, stewart, hansen, theo brooke, gardiners creek, dewar, s. g.

Gareth SAMSOM (19 November 1939- ) Born Melbourne Sansom describes a desire to constantly surprise and challenge himself as an artist. He had his first exhibition in 1959. His paintings of the 1960s were characterised by a distorted use of line, shape and colour and were influenced by abstract expressionism, Francis Bacon and Sidney Nolan. Over time, his work has also drawn on punk, dada, Basquiat, T.S. Eliot, urban graffiti, classical Greek philosophy and art theory across a variety of media ranging from drawing, printmaking and collage to photomontage and photography. Sansom lectured in Art at the Ballarat Teachers' college, and was appointed Head of Painting at the Victorian College of the Arts from 1977-1985, and Dean School of Art at the Victorian College of the Arts from 1986-1991. He was artist-in-residence at the University of Melbourne in 1985, which was when he resumed his full-time painting practice with a series of large works on canvas. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.A large abstract painting.art, artwork, garth sansom, sansom, abstract

Colour painting Magdala cum Moonlight Mine 1890Colour painting of gold mine poppet head smokestack and engine shed. stawell gold mining

The Heidelberg School of Painting worked in the Yarra Valley area between Box Hill and Heidelberg in the late 19th Century and produced a number of famous artists. This article outlines the history of the School and also lists some paintings.The area in which they worked abuts our area of interest and may have overlapped it in the lower Plenty River area.Foolscap double sided typed document of 6 pages; includes list of paintings..Blue biro word on front page, "Fraser"heidelberg, yarra river, walter withers, heidelberg school of painting, australian art.

Major Anthony Beale settled in Port Phillip District with his family in 1841. He established an estate called "St Helena" (Greensborough). This photograph is of a painting by Major Beale.Digital copy of colour photograph of painting.anthony beale, st helena

OIL PAINTING FEATURING BRIDGE ACROSS CRESWICK CREEK IN THE STATION FLAT AREA. NORTH WEST OF CLUNES. BRIDGE IS NOW REPLACED BY "FORD".OIL PAINTING BY CLUNES ARTIST RICHARD FORD.local history, illustration, oil, ford richard

The print was donated by a local resident, Joan Armstrong. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/75826/ The print is of a local regional homestead, Yalla-Y-Poora.A small, laminated copy / print of an 1864 painting titled Yalla-y-Poora by artist Eugene von Guerard."Painting by Eugene von Guerard / Yalla-Y-Poora / Copied from a diary loaned / by Judy Armstrong" on rear of itemeugene von guerard, yalla-y-poora, landscape, national gallery victoria, ngv, ararat

Large coloured framed print of a Supermarine Spitfire, Australian RAAF Pacific Theatre Rounders. Probably a MU8. Squadron + A/C CR-C Titled " Spitfire of Spades - Group Captain Clive Caldwell" From a painting by Andrew Stuart Smith Frame - timber, moulded gold paint with a decorative edge, glass front. Mount - off white cardboard, innner mount, light blue cardboard.Below painting in black print " SPITFIRE - ACE OF SPADES/ GROUP CAPTAIN CLIVE CALDWELL/ PAINTING BY: ANDREW STUART SMITH " framed print, history, airforce, ww2

From information book - "Reader's Digest/ Gallipoli/ 25th April 1915 - 9th January 1916/ Centenary Commemorative Prints". Collection of 20 prints. Refer Cat No. 7300.Framed print. Print - colour print on paper. COPY OF AN ORIGINAL PAINTING - TEXTILE, DYE, COLOURED CRAYON ON COATED PAPER. DEPICTS IN DARK BROWN COLOURS WITH SMALL ACCENTS OF PALE BLUE, RED AND YELLOW - BELOW HORSE. VISIBLE IN PAINTING IS A SOLDIER, HORSE AND GUN CARRIAGE. Frame - Black plastic framing with glass front and MDF board backing with adhered black paper.Details on print; "SIDNEY NOLAN (1917 - 1992) Gallipoli soldier, horse and gun carriage 1961". Sidney Nolan - embarked on a series of Gallipoli drawings and paintings which he completed over a 20 year period. 252 drawings and painting.framed accessories, prints, ww1, gallipoli, centenary

The painting used to hang in Panton Hill RSL and shows the Hotel de FranceBlack and white photograph of painting of Panton Hill by M Rattray 1890panton hill

Image of a Charles Conder painting on front of soft covered book titled The Artists' Camps: Plein Air Painting In Melbourne 1885-1898. FOREWORD by Margaret Plant - Department of Visual Arts, Monash University. The paintings of the 'Heidelberg school" are the best loved group of works in Australian art. The affection is linked in the national mind with a recognition that the authentic Australian landscape had been discovered and colonial bonds broken. The painting activity of the 1880s and 1890s was by no means confined to Heidelberg. Helen Topliss painstakingly presents the variety of sites around Melbourne, in the bush and on the coast, reconstructing their original character and the history of their accessibility. The major figures are well known — Roberts, McCubbin, Streeton and Conder — but there were a number of 'minor' artists associated with the various painting spots that have been too long neglected. A research programme is here initiated in the hope that some of these figures might be more fully returned to us. The restoration of the sites provokes a more extensive roll-call of artists involved in the plein air phenomenon. Various expressions of nationalism in the late nineteenth century have been accorded attention: the painters contributed in varying degrees. But it is, finally, the quality of the painting, the freshness, the particularity of nuance, the calculated aesthetic angles that have governed response and inspired affection. The elegant relaxation themes of many of the paintings have in fact been overlooked in the intellectualization of the quest for 'national identity'. The orchards and the beaches, the ladies promenading a la mode on the beach at Mentone or in the grasses of Box Hill are as important to our artistic tradition and social history as the shearers of rams.

Norma Kett was a resident of Ringwood and a member of the local Artists Society. She regularly diplayed paintings in local exhibitions .Small oil painting of gum trees, creek and hills. Australian possibly Victorian. Framed in multilayered gold and buff coloured wood. The name ?Accacia Creek in pencil on back of painting.Signed Norma Kett

The cargo ship" Egyptian Transport" depicted in the painting was a cargo ship landing in Sydney Australia and transporting supplies via Honolulu America to the Western front. She was Captained by Captain Gordon Trent Chambers. He later Captained a vessel in 1940, the Titania used during Operation Dynamo rescuing British soldiers from Dunkirk in France. The painting is an original by L. Papaluca a renowned painter of ocean vessels.Gilded wooden frame with painting of S.S. Egyptian Transport.Inscribed on bow "Egyptian Transport".

'Black Day' was part of a series of paintings drawn from a larger body of work produced over a four-year period exploring the 'harsher side' of the Australian landscape and the aftermath of extreme weatehr events and climatic occurences of fire, flood, drough and wind. Although loosely based on real places and events, the works are essentially fictional with ideas gleaned from popular media - telveision, Internet, magazines and newspapers. While my return to abstraction and landcape painting from figuration has been relatively recent, the natural environment has always been informed by my artistic practice regardless of subject matter, and has had always informed my artistic practice regardless of subject matter, and has had a long-standing influence on the aesthetics, the compositional structre and imagery in my work. The flattening of the picture plane and the prominent horizontal and vertical marks in my composition are informed by a response to both natural and man-made interventions in the land - the muted and restricted colour palette echoing my response to extrems in environmental changes, particulalry of cental and western ditrict Victoria. Created in the studio environment, I consisder this boxy of work as being imaginative 'conglomerates' which reflect varying perspectives and textural interpretrations of the land - defining and expresssing my response to particular and significant climatic, environmental events and my personal experiances. September 2012Tarli GLOVER Tarli Glover undertook a Bachelor of Arts at Ballarat College of Advanced Education [now Federation University] between 1980 and 1983, majoring in Fine Art Painting. Based in Central Victoria, she has been practicing professionally for over three decades and has exhibited widely throughout Australia. While Tarli's work covers a wide range of creative disciplines’ she concentrate’s primarily on painting, drawing and multi-media works with a focus on both landscape and figurative genres. Her work leans toward semi abstract symbolism and representation. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection and was purchased for the collection by Vice Chancellor David Battersby. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Acrylic on canvas paintingart, artwork, glover, tarli glover, bushfire, alumni, available

A photo of artist Clifton Pugh beside one of his paintings. The white paper label says: "Artist Clifton Pugh kindly allowed Legacy to display his Gallipoli paintings at then launch of Legacy Week. The paintings were commissioned expressly for the Australian War Memorial. It was the first time these paintings were on display in Melbourne." Clifton Pugh was appointed official war artist for the 75th Anniversary of the Gallipoli landing at Anzac Cove in 1990. The photo featured in the 1990 President's Report that was published with the 1990 Annual report. The caption said: 'The late Clifton Pugh at the official launch luncheon of "Legacy Week". ' The article went on to say: 'Our official luncheon to launch "Legacy Week" was opened by the Lieutenant Governor Sir John Young and sponsored by the ANZ Bank. At the luncheon the late Clifton Pugh had generously displayed some of his Gallipoli paintings which had been commissioned expressly for the Australian War Memorial. it was the first time these paintings had been on display in Melbourne.' A record of a launch of Legacy Week in 1990 and the display of a prominent painter's work.Colour photo of Clifton Pugh and a painting. White paper label on the back with black type.legacy week, legacy appeal, painting

Framed print of an original oil painting by the Artist: Harold Lane 1987 of ""Bomber Assault, 9 RAR, South Vietnam 1969." Print of painting - coloured jungle scene depicting a "Bomber Assault"by the 9 RAR in South Vietnam 1969. Frame - timber, with light brown stain, gold trim paint, glass front. Mount - dark green coloured cardboard.Printed title in black ink below painting "BOMBER ASSAULT - 9 R.A.R. SOUTH VIETNAM 1969illustrations-oil, illustrations-watercolour, frame accessories

Painting was found in hard rubbish collection in Myrtle Grove Blackburn and given to Simon CleggSmall water colour painting of 36 The Avenue Blackburn in a white square frame. There is a white timber fence in the foreground, with many trees green brown and yellow with a building amongst them. Painting signed E.PerepE Perep- 36 the Avenue prior to extensionhandcrafts, hand painted

PETER CLARKE (1935 - ) Born Deloraine, Tasmania Peter Clarke was both artist and teacher. He held 14 exhibitions between 1957 and 1977, as well as participating in a number of group exhibitions, including Contemporary Australian Painting shown in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He is best known for large colour-field works. Peter Clarke's abstract painting emphasises texture, colour and gesture. He won the George Crouch Memorial Prize in 1967 This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed abstract painting with an ink wash.art, artwork, peter clarke, abstract