Paris-Lesbos
Before exploring the lives of the Australian women artists who spent time in France (mentioned in a previous post), it is interesting to learn something of the world they entered. …
Before exploring the lives of the Australian women artists who spent time in France (mentioned in a previous post), it is interesting to learn something of the world they entered. …
When used as a verb ‘touch’ can mean ‘to influence emotionally’, ‘to put your hand on something’, or ‘to damage something’. To ‘touch’ has all these meanings in a museum …
Artist, art commentator, newspaper critic and one time director of the National Gallery of Victoria, J.S. MacDonald had clear opinions on GOOD art. When the Herald and Weekly Times exhibition …
Continuing his interest in nineteenth century artists, Barrie Sheppard looks at the friendship between artist Paul Cezanne and writer Emile Zola. Barrie writes: Paul Cezanne was born in Aix en …
Ten years ago the National Gallery of Victoria recognised the under-representation of female artists in the collection and began to actively pursue the acquisition of works by both local and …
In 1856, Fanny Anne Charsley embarked on the Persia (described as ‘a noble ship fitted with a great deal of comforts and elegance’) and left London to undertake the three …
After a long absence, the French phrase ‘poser un lapin’ (literally to ‘put down a rabbit’) but actually a colloquialism meaning ‘to stand someone up’ seemed appropriate to acknowledge the …
It was while I was watching the Tokyo Olympics that I was reminded how transient achievements are. As I delved into ‘Olympic images’ in the collection of the National Gallery …
A co-founder of the ‘Bulletin’, a talented and tireless sub-editor, a supporter of Australian writers (championing Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson and Louis Becke), a self-confessed francophile (changing his birth name …
As we look forward to the opening of the Impressionist exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Barrie Sheppard explores the connection of Paul Cézanne with the art world of …