Art of Melbourne | Paintings & Photo

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Art: Barry Humphries - Dame Edna Everage
Art: Barry Humphries - Dame Edna Everage
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Barry Humphries-Dame Edna Everage by Derek Kosbab I painted this portrait in 1977. It shows Barry Humphries, dapper in a double-breasted suit-jacket combined with the impression of a skirt. At...

Cavalcade of Transport Mural
Cavalcade of Transport Mural
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The Cavalcade of Transport mural by Harold Freedman is located in Southern Cross Station shopping centre: Spencer Street. The 36.6 metre long and 7.32 metre high History of Transport mural...

Chloe | Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
Chloe | Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
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She has graced magazine covers, had wine named after her and poems written to her. She has experienced fame and adoration and has won high acclaim from critics. Her career began, like the many models...

John Brack: Collins Street, 5 pm
John Brack: Collins Street, 5 pm
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Although John Brack painted thousands of paintings, he is best known for two paintings.. the iconic Collins Street, 5 pm (above) and The Bar. One of Australia's most outstanding artists, John...

MelbHenge | Melbourne Sunset
MelbHenge | Melbourne Sunset
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When the sun descends in precise alignment with the central business district's east-west streets, its radiant sphere slips seamlessly between the towering buildings, crafting a unique phenomenon...

Paul Kelly, 2007 by Martin Philbey
Paul Kelly, 2007 by Martin Philbey
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My new favourite piece of Melbourne art in the form of a photograph of Paul Kelly by Martin Philbey. City Hatters is tucked away under Flinders Street Railway Station to the right of the entrance...

Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series
Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series
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From 1946-47, Australian artist Sidney Nolan painted a series of 27 paintings of the nineteenth-century bushranger Ned Kelly. The original and starkly simplified image of Ned Kelly became a...



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