Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works created between 1940 and 1945 (563) works on display (25) works with images (415) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Ralph Balson Construction in green 1942 OA14.1970 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Jean Bellette Electra 1944 7415 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Olive Cotton City rooftops 1942, printed 1985 415.1985 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Noel Counihan At the start of the march 1932 1944 7409 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Russell Drysdale Walls of China 1945 7631 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Adrian Feint Flowers in sunlight 1940 7001 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries James Gleeson The sower 1944 OA13.1966 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Weaver Hawkins Jitterbugs 1945 91.1976 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Frank Hinder Carnival 1944 OA16.1967 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Margel Hinder Figure 1945 189.1980.a-b On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Kenneth Macqueen Mt. Domville 1945 7645 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Charles Meere Australian beach pattern 1940 OA20.1965 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Paul Nash Sunflower and sun 1942 7435 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries C.R.W. Nevinson The Thames in black and silver 1940 7078 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Sidney Nolan Self portrait 1943 412.1997 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Sidney Nolan Luna Park 1941 35.2003 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Margaret Preston The brown pot 1940 7223 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Margaret Preston Grey day in the ranges 1942 7224 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Ruskin Spear Spring 1945 7839 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Stanley Spencer The scrapheap 1944 7543 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Eric Thake Archaeopteryx 1941 OA6.1964 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Eric Wilson Hospital theme - the sterilizer 1942 7577 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Eric Wilson Abstract - the kitchen stove 1943 7663 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Eric Wilson Burnt trees 1945 7535 On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Belachew Yimer The legend of the Queen of the South 1941 9159 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts