Above: A swimmer in a detail from Brett Whiteley's painting Sydney Harbour, hanging inside the Convention Centre at Darling Harbour. The point of view is from Lavender Bay, where Whitely lived
Brett Whitely (1939-1992) is one of Australia's best known modern artists.
This is beautiful art, with beautiful colors.
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You captured the most interesting part of the painting. Its heart?
ReplyDeleteSurely, this is not the original, Sally. Is it?
ReplyDeleteWhitely produced some good works but it annoys me that he gave up his life so cheaply!
Oh yes, it certainly is original, as are all the other wonderful works on public display @ the convention centre. I love seeing great works of art in public places. There are some fabulous pieces of Aboriginal art, works by coburn , Blackburn , Storrier & others.
ReplyDeleteHow do they manage to prevent them deteriorating from the aircon etc? When you see the effort the AG-NSW has to go to ...
ReplyDeleteFabulous! What a treat you shared this with us. That blue! I love his work.
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