Collection
Charles Blackman
(Australia 12 Aug 1928– )
- Title
- Luna Park with Griffin light
- Place of origin
-
Melbourne →
Victoria →
Australia
- Year
- 1953
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- charcoal on cardboard
- Dimensions
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52.2 x 60.1cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., pencil "BLACKMAN 53".
- Credit
- Purchased 1984
- Accession number
- 289.1984
- Copyright
- © Charles Blackman. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Born in Sydney in 1928, Charles Blackman moved to Melbourne where he established a studio in 1951. Blackman found the urban environment congenial to his work which reflected domestic and city life, as well as themes stimulated by the literature he was reading at the time. It was during his first year in Melbourne that Blackman discovered the bayside suburb of St Kilda, where he would travel by tram to swim, draw and visit Luna Park. The drawings led to a series of paintings on the same theme. The 'Griffin light' at the centre of the composition refers to the distinctive street lights along the Esplanade in St Kilda, which were designed by the architect Walter Burley Griffin.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2004
- Bibliography (3)
-
Stephanie Holt and Jennifer Phipps (Curators), Luna park and the Art of Mass Delirium 1998, Melbourne, 1998, 46.
Hendrik Kolenberg, Contemporary Australian drawings: from the collection 1992, Sydney, 1992. cat.no. 1
Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection 1997, Domain, 1997, 96 (illus.). cat.no. 88
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 11 Jan 1992–17 Feb 1992
- Nolan Gallery, Australia 01 May 1992–08 Jun 1992
- Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown 12 Jun 1992–12 Jul 1992
- Tweed River Regional Art Gallery 14 Oct 1992–08 Nov 1992
Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998
