Charm school

Australia, 1975

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Episode number 7 of Series “Landscape with figures: the art of Australia”.
Another in the series following the development of Australian art and artists. Robert Hughes discusses the work of Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend, Jean Bellette, Paul Haeflinger, David Strachan, William Dobell, Justin O’Brien, Sali Herman, Lloyd Rees, and Geoffrey Smart. Written and narrated by Robert Hughes.

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Credits

producer/director

Brian Adams

production company

ABC

Duration

00:31:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1975

Appears in

Landscape with figures: the art of Australia

Group of items

Landscape with figures: the art of Australia

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016893

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 20th century - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Bellette, Jean, 1909-

Crafts & Visual Arts → Dobell, William, Sir, 1899-1970

Crafts & Visual Arts → Drysdale, Russell, Sir, 1912-1981

Crafts & Visual Arts → Friend, Donald, 1915-1989

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

Crafts & Visual Arts → Rees, Lloyd, 1895-1988

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → History

People → Bellette, Jean, 1909-

People → Dobell, William, Sir, 1899-1970

People → Drysdale, Russell, Sir, 1912-1981

People → Friend, Donald, 1915-1989

People → Haeflinger, Paul

People → Herman, Sali, 1898-

People → O'Brien, Justin, 1917-

People → Rees, Lloyd, 1895-1988

People → Smart, Jeffrey, 1921-

People → Strachan, David, 1919-1970

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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