Whether the result of misadventure or misdemeanour, many accomplished artists were transported to Australia where they ultimately left a positive mark on the history of art in this country.
Three tiny sketches of Dame Nellie Melba in the NPG collection were created by the artist who was to go on to paint the most imposing representation of the singer: Rupert Bunny.
Jane Raffan asks do clothes make the portrait, and can the same work with a new title fetch a better price?
Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.
Karen Vickery on Chang the Chinese giant in Australia.
Penelope Grist explores the United Nations stories in the Gallery’s collection.
The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.
Joanna Gilmour accounts for Australia’s deliciously ghoulish nineteenth century criminal portraiture.
Athol Shmith’s photographs contributed to the emergence of a new vision of Australian womanhood.
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.
The tragic tale of Tom Wills, the ‘inventor’ of Australian Rules Football.
