Download The first edition of the Quarterly Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria features an introduction by Director Daryl Lindsay and discussion of the following works: Mary, St John…
The National Gallery of Victoria owns a small, yet important, collection of incunabula and early printed books dating from the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.1See
John Peter Russell’s Dr Will Maloney, 1887, came into the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria in 1943 (fig. 1
Doug and Mike Starn’s photographic assemblage Sol invictus, 1992 (fig. 1), is a confronting reminder of the museum profession’s most feared, and ultimately indestructible, foe – the passing of
Two Chinese figures at the National Gallery of VictoriaIt was not until the present century that Buddhist sculpture, in common with most other forms of Chinese art, was recognised by…
Begun in the summer of 1899, Horses bathing in the sea belongs to the early part of Lucy Kemp-Welch’s career (fig. 1
The artist should preach the beautiful in our commonplace and everyday existence.
The National Gallery of Victoria’s sketchbook by George Romney (1734–1802)1The sketchbook is a vellum-covered book measuring 19.8 x 15.9 cm and containing sixty-nine leaves. It was acquired through the Felton Bequest̷
Many museum collections that have been built over a long time – collections such as that of the National Gallery of Victoria – contain works that have not been studied…
During a career spanning over fifty years, Lucian Freud has established a reputation as one of the foremost figurative painter-printmakers of our time.
Hugh Ramsay studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, from 1894 to 1899
In the late summer of 1816, the artist John Constable was invited by his patron and friend, Major General Francis Slater Rebow, to paint a small landscape depicting the ‘Chinese Temple’ fishing lodge…
Norman Lindsay’s rare status as an Australian artist who is also a household name is the result of numerous factors
In Christopher Nolan’s film Memento, 2000, the opening scene begins in reverse as a Polaroid photograph is vigorously shaken back out of exposure
An effect is only momentary: so an impressionist tries to find his place.