Charles Blackman
(Australia 12 Aug 1928– )
- Title
- Luna Park with Griffin light
- Place of origin
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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)
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Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Contemporary Australian drawings: from the collection, Sydney, 1992. cat.no. 1
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 96 (illus.). cat.no. 88
Stephanie Holt (Curator), Jennifer Phipps (Australia) (Curator), Luna park and the Art of Mass Delirium, Melbourne, 1998, 46.
- Exhibition history (5)
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Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Jan 1992–17 Feb 1992.
Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection, Nolan Gallery, 01 May 1992–08 Jun 1992.
Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 12 Jun 1992–12 Jul 1992.
Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, 14 Oct 1992–08 Nov 1992.
Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.
