Contemporary painting 1950-1979

Australia, 1984

TV show
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Episode of Series “The Australian eye”.
Features “The Harbour from McMahon’s Point” - Looks at the work of Lloyd Rees. “Epiphany” - A powerful painting by Ian Fairweather. “Self portrait in the Studio” - by Brett Whiteley - “Truck and Trailer Heading into a City” - Examines the work of Jeffrey Smart. “Waterfall Polyptych” - by Fred Williams.

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Credits

director

David Muir

producer

Malcolm Otton

production company

Film Australia

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

Appears in

The Australian eye

Group of items

The Australian eye

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016403

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Television

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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