Friday, 11 March 2011

Elsternwick - Melbourne Victoria 04-03-11

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Elsternwick Post Office – now closed!

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Unusual architecture

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Iron Lacework shadows on a perfect day in Elsternwick

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Street Scene 1960 – Charles Blackman - oil on masonite

1928 Born in Sydney NSW; 1943-46 Studied East Sydney Technical College NSW and from 1945-60 lived and painted in Melbourne. 1950s Painted Schoolgirl series, followed by Alice in Wonderland series
1960-64 Traveled and studied overseas after winning Helena Rubinstein Scholarship
Lived and painted in London, exhibited at Whitechapel and Tate Galleries
1965 Tour of northern France and Flanders
1966-74 Lived and painted in Sydney, NSW
1975 Occupied Australian studio, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
1976-2001 Lived and painted in NSW, Queensland, Western Austraila and currently lives in Sydney.

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S’s kitsch! Rose Lamp. The roses unfurl and furl when lamp turned on!

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