John BRACK<br/> <em>Collins St, 5p.m.</em> 1955 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 114.8 x 162.8 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1956<br /> 3302-4<br /> © National Gallery of Victoria <!--3161-->
Collection

Australian Art

The Australian Art collection documents the history and development of painting, sculpture, decorative arts and design in Australia from European settlement to 1980. It charts the work of major artists of the colonial and postcolonial period, as well as the broader sociohistorical and cultural contexts that have shaped Australian art history.

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Beckett Rozentals
Curator, Australian Art

Sophie Gerhard
Curator, Australian and First Nations Art

Michael Gentle
Curator, Australian and First Nations Art

Sophie Prince
Curatorial Project Officer, Australian and First Nations Art

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Collection Highlights

John GLOVER<br/> <em>Moulting Lagoon and Great Oyster Bay, from Pine Hill</em> (c. 1838) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas on canvas<br /> 75.6 x 113.0 cm irreg. (image) 77.4 x 114.8 cm (canvas)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with assistance of an anonymous donor and the M. G. Chapman Bequest, 2011<br /> 2011.11<br /> <!--98550--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/98550"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> John GLOVER
Moulting Lagoon and Great Oyster Bay, from Pine Hill
 (c. 1838) Eugene von GUÉRARD<br/> <em>Mount Kosciusko, seen from the Victorian border (Mount Hope Ranges)</em> 1866 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 108.2 x 153.3 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1870<br /> p.302.13-1<br /> <!--5679--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/5679"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Eugene von GUÉRARD
Mount Kosciusko, seen from the Victorian border (Mount Hope Ranges)
 1866 Emmeline PRITCHARD<br/> <em>Botanical Gardens, Melbourne</em> 1874 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 37.0 x 44.7 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2024<br /> 2024.6<br /> <!--152823--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/152823"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Emmeline PRITCHARD
Botanical Gardens, Melbourne
 1874 Tom ROBERTS<br/> <em>Shearing the rams</em> 1890 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas on composition board<br /> 122.4 x 183.3 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1932<br /> 4654-3<br /> <!--2920--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/2920"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Tom ROBERTS
Shearing the rams
 1890 Iso RAE<br/> <em>Young girl, Étaples</em> (c. 1892) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 105.5 x 59.5 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family, Professor Graham Peirson and Christine Peirson and the Norma Atwell Bequest, 2020<br /> 2020.705<br /> <!--144974--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/144974"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Iso RAE
Young girl, Étaples
 (c. 1892) Arthur STREETON<br/> <em>'The purple noon's transparent might'</em> 1896 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 123.0 x 123.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1896<br /> 33-2<br /> <!--3060--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3060"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Arthur STREETON
'The purple noon's transparent might'
 1896 Clara SOUTHERN<br/> <em>An old bee farm</em> (c. 1900) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 69.1 x 112.4 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1942<br /> 1129-4<br /> <!--3021--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3021"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Clara SOUTHERN
An old bee farm
 (c. 1900) Rupert BUNNY<br/> <em>Endormies</em> (c. 1904) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 130.6 x 200.5 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1911<br /> 549-2<br /> <!--3683--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3683"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Rupert BUNNY
Endormies
 (c. 1904) Hilda Rix NICHOLAS<br/> <em>In Picardy</em> (c. 1914) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 61.2 x 51.1 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1918<br /> 888-3<br /> © Bronwyn Wright <!--6055--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/6055"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Hilda Rix NICHOLAS
In Picardy
 (c. 1914) Bessie DAVIDSON<br/> <em>Girl in the mirror</em> 1914 <!-- (recto) --><br /> <em>(Jeune fille au miroir)</em><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 73.0 x 60.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of Andrée Fay Harkness through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2020<br /> 2020.561<br /> © Art Gallery of South Australia <!--138068--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/138068"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Bessie DAVIDSON
Girl in the mirror
(Jeune fille au miroir)
 1914 Clarice BECKETT<br/> <em>Evening light, Beaumaris</em> (c. 1925) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas on cardboard<br /> 30.3 x 40.2 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented by the National Gallery Society of Victoria to mark the retirement of Paton Forster, General Secretary of the Society (1968-1989), 1989<br /> A3-1989<br /> <!--5037--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/5037"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Clarice BECKETT
Evening light, Beaumaris
 (c. 1925) Grace CROWLEY<br/> <em>Girl with goats</em> 1928 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 54.4 x 73.4 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented by the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 1967<br /> 1759-5<br /> © The Artist <!--5447--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/5447"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Grace CROWLEY
Girl with goats
 1928 Eveline SYME<br/> <em>Tuscan landscape</em> (c. 1930) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 51.5 x 66.5 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, June Sherwood Bequest and funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family, 2022<br /> 2022.855<br /> © Courtesy of the artist's estate <!--149625--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/149625"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Eveline SYME
Tuscan landscape
 (c. 1930) Grace Cossington SMITH<br/> <em>The Bridge in-curve</em> (1930) <!-- (recto) --><br /> tempera on cardboard<br /> 83.6 x 111.8 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented by the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 1967<br /> 1765-5<br /> © Estate of Grace Cossington Smith <!--3007--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3007"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Grace Cossington SMITH
The Bridge in-curve
 (1930) Margaret PRESTON<br/> <em>Flannel flowers</em> 1938 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 122.0 x 91.6 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004<br /> 2004.209<br /> © Margaret Preston/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--75856--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/75856"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Margaret PRESTON
Flannel flowers
 1938 Sidney NOLAN<br/> <em>Footballer</em> (1946) <!-- (recto) --><br /> enamel paint on composition board<br /> 121.9 x 91.4 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Victoria, Foster's Group Limited, and through the NGV Foundation, 2002<br /> 2002.326<br /> © The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--70461--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/70461"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Sidney NOLAN
Footballer
 (1946) Russell DRYSDALE<br/> <em>The rabbiters</em> (1947) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 76.6 x 102.5 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1947<br /> 1762-4<br /> © Courtesy Russell Drysdale Estate <!--5520--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/5520"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Russell DRYSDALE
The rabbiters
 (1947) Inge KING<br/> <em>Flower dancer</em> (1948) <!-- (front view) --><br /> sandstone<br /> 40.5 x 23.4 x 15.8 cm (overall)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Inge King, Fellow, 1997<br /> 1997.233<br /> © The estate of Inge King <!--60273--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/60273"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Inge KING
Flower dancer
 (1948) Grant FEATHERSTON (designer)<br /> EMERSON BROS PTY LTD, Melbourne (manufacturer)<br/> <em>R152 Contour chair</em> (1950) {designed}; (1951) {manufactured} <!-- () --><br /> hardwood, plywood, linen, (other materials)<br /> 91.0 x 59.0 x 77.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1955<br /> 1532-D4<br /> © Grant Featherston/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--20526--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/20526"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Grant FEATHERSTON (designer) EMERSON BROS PTY LTD, Melbourne (manufacturer)
R152 Contour chair
 designed (1950); manufactured (1951) John BRACK<br/> <em>Collins St, 5p.m.</em> 1955 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 114.8 x 162.8 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1956<br /> 3302-4<br /> © National Gallery of Victoria <!--3161--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3161"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> John BRACK
Collins St, 5p.m.
 1955 Clement MEADMORE<br/> <em>Duolith 3</em> (1962) <!-- (full view) --><br /> welded steel<br /> 125.2 x 204.5 x 108.5 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Colonel Aubrey H. L. Gibson (Rtd), 1962<br /> 470-D5<br /> © Clement Meadmore/VAGA, New York. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--3515--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3515"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Clement MEADMORE
Duolith 3
 (1962) Robert HUNTER<br/> <em>Untitled</em> (1968) <!-- (recto) --><br /> synthetic polymer paint on canvas<br /> 200.0 x 200.5 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of Michael Machin and family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2021<br /> 2021.274<br /> © Estate of Robert Hunter/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--131654--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/131654"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Robert HUNTER
Untitled
 (1968) Tony TUCKSON<br/> <em>Yellow</em> (1970-1973) <!-- (recto) --><br /> synthetic polymer paint on composition board<br /> (a-b) 213.5 x 244.0 cm (overall)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Loti Smorgon AO and Victor Smorgon AC, 2011<br /> 2011.336.a-b<br /> © Estate of Tony Tuckson/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--61993--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/61993"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Tony TUCKSON
Yellow
 (1970-1973) Fred WILLIAMS<br/> <em>Iron ore landscape</em> (1981) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 152.0 x 182.4 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented through the NGV Foundation by Rio Tinto, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2001<br /> 2001.600<br /> © Estate of Fred Williams <!--69556--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/69556"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Fred WILLIAMS
Iron ore landscape
 (1981)
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