Digital resources tagged with ‘painting’

Death of a Workman In A Streeton Painting

Streeton's eyewitness account of the death of a workman during the blasting of a railway tunnel at Lapstone in the NSW Blue Mountains. It becomes the inspiration for his painting "Fire's on, Lapstone Tunnel".

Dreamings, Through Indigenous Art

Indigenous art is like topographic mapping of land and culture. Michael Nelson Tjakamarra works at painting concentric circles which represent sacred sites.

Figure in the Landscape

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

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.

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.

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.