The Director’s Choice audio tour

Explore the Gallery in the company of the director, Edmund Capon, and hear him talk about his favourite works in the collection. The tour includes Australian art from colonial to present day, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, Old Masters, Asian and contemporary art.

The director, Edmund Capon, welcomes you to the Art Gallery of New South Wales

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Agnolo Bronzino (Italy, b.1503, d.1572)
Duke Cosimo I de' Medici in armour circa 1545
oil on poplar, 86 x 67cm
Art Gallery of NSW Foundation purchase 1996

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Canaletto (Italy, b.1697, d.1768)
The Piazza San Marco, Venice 1742-46
oil on canvas, 67.5 x 119cm
Gift of James Fairfax 1996

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Sir Edward John Poynter (England, b.1836, d.1919)
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon 1890
oil on canvas, 234.5 x 350cm

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Ford Madox Brown (England, b.1821, d.1893)
Chaucer at the court of Edward III 1847-51
oil on canvas, 372 x 296cm

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Edouard Detaille (France, b.1848, d.1912)
Vive L’Empereur 1891
oil on canvas, 376 x 445cm

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Camille Pissarro (France, b.1830, d.1903)
Peasants’ houses, Eragny 1887
oil on canvas, 59 x 71.7cm

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Paul Cézanne (France, b.1839, d.1906)
Bords de la Marne c1888
oil on canvas, 65 x 81.3cm

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Eugene von Guérard (Australia; Germany, b.1811, d.1901)
Sydney Heads 1865
oil on canvas, 56 x 94cm
Bequest of Major H.W. Hall 1974

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Arthur Streeton (Australia, b.1867, d.1943)
Fire’s on 1891
oil on canvas, 183.8 x 122.5cm

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W C Piguenit (Australia, b.1836, d.1914)
The flood in the Darling 1890 (1895)
oil on canvas, 122.5 x 199.3cm

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E Phillips Fox (Australia, b.1865, d.1915)
The ferry (circa 1910-11)
oil on canvas, 114.6 x 152.4cm

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Grace Cossington Smith (Australia, b.1892, d.1984)
The curve of the bridge 1928-29
oil on cardboard, 110.5 x 82.5cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales and James Fairfax 1991 © Estate of Grace Cossington Smith

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Brett Whiteley (Australia, b.1939, d.1992)
Woman in bath 1963, re-worked 1964
oil, paper, graphite and tempera on plywood, 183.1 x 218.7cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 2000 © Brett Whiteley Estate

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Sidney Nolan (Australia; United Kingdom, b.1917, d.1992)
Central Australia 1950
oil and synthetic polymer paint on hardboard, 122 x 152.5cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Nelson Meers Foundation 2004 © The Trustees of the Sydney Nolan Trust. Bridgeman Art Library

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John Olsen (Australia, b.1928)
Five bells 1963
oil on hardboard, 264.5 x 274cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1999 © John Olsen. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney 2008

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Fred Williams (Australia, b.1927, d.1982)
My garden 1965-67
oil on canvas, 152.6 x 183.3cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1999 © Reproduced with permission

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Jeffrey Smart (Australia, b.1921)
Matisse at Ashford (2004)
oil on canvas, 86 x 138cm
Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales with assistance from the Collection Circle 2007 © Jeffrey Smart

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