Contemporary Painting (Captioned)

Australia, 1979

Film
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Episode of Series “The Australian eye V”.
CONTEMPORARY PAINTING (1950)is the seventh part in the renowned Australian Eye Series which traces the history of Australian Painting from colonial to contemporary times. The following artists and their work are examined in detail. Lloyd Rees - The Harbour from McMahon’s Point 1950 Ian Fairweather - Epiphany 1962 Brett Whiteley - Self Portrait in the Studio 1976 Jeffrey Smart - Truck and Trailer Heading into a City 1973 Fred Williams - Waterfall Polyptych 1979 Ten Contemporary Artists - The Creative Eye

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Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1979

Appears in

The Australian eye V

Group of items

The Australian eye V

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323984

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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