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Matisse & Islam

Islamic art, the Tahitian islands and the circus all provided inspiration for French artist Henri Matisse.

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Max Ernst Collection & Lake Sentani Figures

The indigenous art of Africa, the Americas and Oceania inspired European artists such as Jacob Epstein and Max Ernst, who in turn were an inspiration for Australian painter Albert Tucker.

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Natalia Goncharova & Alexandra Exter

Natalia Goncharova and Alexandra Exter were both Russian artists but where one moved to Paris and incorporated folk art traditions into her work, the other was drawn back to Bolshevik Russia and embraced the revolutionary art of constructivism.

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The Australian Surrealists

In response to the Second World War, a group of talented young Australians drew on the 'dream' imagery of European surrealism to express their disquiet at world events.

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Fiona Hall

The exquisitely delicate work of Australian artist Fiona Hall reminds us of the fragile diversity of the natural world.

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Violet Teague & Jessie Traill

Violet Teague and Jessie Traill were part of a remarkable group of independent women who, in the early 20th century, were able to devote their lives to art.

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Linocuts of Black, Syme & Spowers

Dorrit Black, Eveline Syme and Ethel Spowers introduced to Australia a dream of European modernism--to bring art to the masses through affordable linocuts.

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Poster Mania

In the late 19th century, art literally took to the streets as Paris was flooded with eye-catching posters, made possible by the invention of lithography.

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J.W. Lindt -- The Mechanical Eye of the Camera

It's often said that the camera doesn't lie but the photograph can be manipulated like any other art form.

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The Godfrey Shawl

Among the Natioinal Gallery of Australia's rarely seen treasures is an astonishing embroidered shawl from Kashmir in India--one off the finest and rarest of its kind.

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From Clay Maquette to Bronze

It's the small lively clay studies for the bronze civic monuments <cite>Burghers of Calais</cite> by Auguste Rodin and <cite>Monument to the Republic</cite> by Jules Dalou that bring us closer to the artists themselves.

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William Dobell - Sketchbooks

Perhaps more than most painters, William Dobell's art relied on drawing so his sketchbooks are invaluable to our appreciation of his work.

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Internationalism & Regionalism in Pottery

Whereas Sydney artist Anne Dangar moved to France to focus on cubist design in ceramics, Merric Boyd and Milton Moon looked to the Australian landscape for inspiration for their pottery.

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The Art Machine

Powered by a funding boiler, the current Art Machine features a critic unit, pop tube and entertainment cylinder.

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Figure in the Landscape

John Glover revolutionised his art to become one of Australia’s finest landscape artists.

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John Olsen’s Opera House Mural

John Olsen’s visual diary reveals the inspiration behind the biggest commission of his career, the Sydney Opera House mural.

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South Sea Islander in London

Omai, a young Tahitian warrior who joined Captain James Cook’s second voyage, had his portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds and inspired a spectacular pantomime at Covent Garden.

From the website Hidden Treasures – Inside the National Library of Australia