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Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942–1962 Dreams, Fears, and Desires

Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting: 1942-1962 – Dreams, Fears, and Desires

Dates:
11 April – 17 June 1984

Artists:
Herbert Badham, Jean Bellette, Josl (Yosel) Bergner, Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, John Brack, Noel Counihan, Ray Crooke, William Dargie, Robert Dickerson, William Dobell, Russel Drysdale, Adrian Feint, Donald Friend, Sam Fullbrook, James Gleeson, Pro Hart, Weaver Hawkins, Ivor Hele, Sali Herman, Joy Hester, Jacqueline Hick, Francis Lymburner, Mirka Mora, Jon Molvig, Albert Namatjira, Sidney Nolan, John Olsen, John Perceval, Margaret Preston, Clifton Pugh, Jeffrey Smart, Grace Cossington Smith, David Strachan, Albert Tucker, Danila Vassilieff, Brett Whiteley, James Wigley

Curators:
Christine Dixon, Terry Smith and Virginia Spate

Location:
Fifth Biennale of Sydney, S.H. Ervin Gallery

Touring:
Exhibition Gallery
Monash University, Clayton Campus
16 August – 21 September 1984

^{Image: Donald Friend, Demolitions 1945, pen and coloured ink, coloured wash, and Chinese white, 35.5 x 38.1 cm. Australian War Memorial, Canberra}

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