Sidney Nolan 'Ladies with Hats' reproduction-print

Sidney Nolan 'Ladies with Hats' reproduction-printSidney Nolan is considered among Australias greatest artists. His legacy is entwined with myth Ned Kelly haunting the Australian outback, Gallipoli, Burke and Wills all told in inventive ways. Ladies with Hats is part of Nolans series of women in hats. Conceived at a time when it was still illegal for publicans to serve women, the series treated ordinary Australian women as formal extravaganzas, reminiscent of Rembrandt. In Nolans own words, he was

Influenced by a childhood spent working at Melbourne’s Victoria Markets

Auguste Blackman takes us to the ocean floor to bump fins with crabs

While travelling the world and Australia

reminiscent of the power lines that link and light up houses

There are nods to ‘all over’ painting - that is

Another impression of this print is held in the permanent collection of the Auckland Art Gallery

Steve Rosendale’s exercise in nostalgia is heady with old-world charm

paintings and films

James WHITINGTON (1951 - )

A sense of tranquility and warmth pervades

and is represented in numerous public collectors including at the Art Gallery of Western Australia

Condition is Very Good: Describes a work of art's image as Excellent