Yosl Bergner 'Self-Sacrifice 1946' black & white

Yosl Bergner 'Self-Sacrifice 1946' black & whiteYosl Bergner is one of Australias most important artists. Born in Austria and raised in Poland, he and his family immigrated to Australia in 1937 to escape anti semitism. In Melbourne, Bergner attended the National Art School and befriended the Heide circle, who included Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and John Perceval. It was alongside Noel Coulihan and Vic OConnor however, that Bergner made his indeminable mark. Self described as a social humanist,

whose eyesight was fading

A delicacy and warmth exudes from within

these include: the National Gallery of Australia

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Driven by a zest for life

an aesthetic that reflects Blackman’s enduring sensitivity to childhood interiority and psychological states

he suggests an ocean bay in a swirl of ocean colour

It is as though Stoneman is at once memorialising and subverting the city around her

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Image Size: 25 x 20 cm

Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo - the artist behind ‘Coquette’

his work is consistently informed by a sense of childlike wonder