Curator insights - Barry Pearce
Join Barry Pearce – until his recent retirement, head curator of Australian art – as he discusses some of the icons of Australian art. Discover a deeper, richer engagement, with these much-loved works, and view them through an expert’s eye. Curator insights run for around 5 minutes each.
All photographs © AGNSW unless otherwise stated
All works © the artist or the artist's estate unless otherwise stated
© Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013
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Tom Roberts
The Golden Fleece 1894
oil on canvas, 104.0 x 158.7cm stretcher; 134.5 x 189.0 x 9.5cm frame
Purchased 1894 -
216
Frederick McCubbin
On the wallaby track 1896
oil on canvas, 122.0 x 223.5cm stretcher; 174.0 x 275.4 x 13.5cm frame
Purchased 1897 -
217
George W Lambert
Across the black soil plains 1899
oil on canvas, 91.6 x 305.5cm stretcher; 139.5 x 355.0 x 10.5cm frame
Purchased 1899 -
224
Louis Buvelot
At Lilydale 1870
oil on canvas, 76.1 x 101.6cm stretcher; 103.0 x 127.8 x 9.0cm frame
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1990 -
228
John Glover
Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land 1838
oil on canvas, 78.0 x 115.6cm stretcher; 106.0 x 143.5 x 14cm frame
Purchased with assistance from Mr and Mrs J K Bain 1985
