Episode of Series “The Painters, the sculptors: archival art series”.
Albert Tucker describes his early years as a young artist in the Depression and his adolescent awakening to the styles of the great Australian and European painters including Streeton, Cezanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin. He talks of time spent with contemporaries such as John and Sunday Reed, George Bell, Adrian Lawlor and Yosl Bergner, and his own involvement in many of the major artistic events in Australia. Filmed in St. Kilda, 24-28 September, 1986.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
302836
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan