Episode 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. Arthur Boyd and John Perceval had progressed through the ‘angry decade’ and younger painters joined them: Robert Dickerson, Charles Blackman, John Brack, Clifton Pugh and David Boyd, and two greats who were to influence the future, Sidney Nolan and Leonard French.
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ACMI Identifier
319701
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Blackman, Charles, 1928-
Crafts & Visual Arts → Boyd, David 1924-
Crafts & Visual Arts → Brack, John, 1920-
Crafts & Visual Arts → French, Leonard 1928-
Crafts & Visual Arts → Nolan, Sidney, Sir, 1917-1992
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Perceval, John, 1923-
Crafts & Visual Arts → Pugh, Clifton Ernest 1924-1990
Crafts & Visual Arts → Tucker, Albert, 1914-
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
People → Blackman, Charles, 1928-
People → French, Leonard 1928-
People → Nolan, Sidney, Sir, 1917-1992
People → Perceval, John, 1923-
People → Pugh, Clifton Ernest 1924-1990
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)