The Fat young nymphs

Australia, 1975

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Episode number 4 of Series “Landscape with figures: the art of Australia”.
One of a series in which Robert Hughes surveys Australia’s art from the time of the first fleet to the present day. In the years up to the end of World War I, Australian artists made a concerted effort to impress themselves on the world at large. Hughes looks at the work of Norman Lindsay, Sydney Long, George Lambert, Hugh Ramsay, Emmanuel Phillips Fox, Rupert Bunny and sculptor Bertram McKennal.

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Credits

producer/director

Brian Adams

production company

ABC

Duration

00:30:17:00

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

507020

Language

English

Audience classification

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism

Crafts & Visual Arts → Bunny, Rupert, 1864-1947

Crafts & Visual Arts → Fox, E. Phillips (Emanuel Phillips), 1865-1915

Crafts & Visual Arts → Impressionism (Art)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969

Crafts & Visual Arts → Long, Sydney, 1871-1955

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → History

People → Bunny, Rupert, 1864-1947

People → Fox, E. Phillips (Emanuel Phillips), 1865-1915

People → Lambert, George W. (George Washington), 1873-1930

People → Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969

People → Long, Sydney, 1871-1955

People → Ramsey, Hugh

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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