Moody's pub
(1941)
Medium
oil on plywood
Measurements
50.9 × 61.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1942
© Courtesy Russell Drysdale Estate
Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
One of Russell Drysdale’s most celebrated paintings, Moody’s pub is among the most frequently reproduced images in twentieth-century Australian art. Based on the Royal Hotel on the Hume Highway at Seymour, the painting reflects Drysdale’s particular sense of humour in its observation of everyday life. As one of Drysdale’s earliest paintings of an outback town street – and the first of his paintings acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria – Moody’s pub quickly achieved iconic status.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: Russell Drysdale
Accession Number
1147-4
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
automobiles men (male humans) pubs roads street scenes verandah (exterior covered spaces)