 National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. National Gallery of Victoria - international building. ...
National Gallery of Victoria - international building. ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ...
The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...
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At that time the gallery began, Victoria had been an independent colony for just ten years, but in the wake of the gold rush it was easily the richest part of Australia, and Melbourne the largest city. Generous gifts from wealthy citizens, notably industrialist Alfred Felton, made it possible for the National Gallery to begin buying a large collection of overseas works from both old and modern masters. John Longstaff portrait of Alfred Felton Alfred Felton (November 8, 1831 - January 8, 1904) was an Australian entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist. ...
Heidelberg era In the late 19th and early 20th century, domestic art began to thrive (particularly with the "Heidelberg School" in what was then an outer suburb of Melbourne) and the National Gallery was well-placed to add an excellent collection of key Australian works, which trace the metamorphosis of imported European styles into distinctively Australian art. One of the most famous works at the gallery is The Pioneer by Frederick McCubbin (1904). Image File history File links FREDERICK McCUBBIN Australia 1855 - 1917 THE PIONEER, 1904 oil on canvas (triptych) 223. ...
Image File history File links FREDERICK McCUBBIN Australia 1855 - 1917 THE PIONEER, 1904 oil on canvas (triptych) 223. ...
The Letter 1884 Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 - 20 December 1917) was an Australian painter who was prominent in the famous Heidelberg School, one of the most important periods in Australias visual arts history. ...
The Heidelberg School was an Australian art movement of the late 19th century. ...
The Letter 1884 Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 - 20 December 1917) was an Australian painter who was prominent in the famous Heidelberg School, one of the most important periods in Australias visual arts history. ...
Collection In the International Collection there are also works by: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Marco Palmezzano, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Paolo Uccello, and Paolo Veronese, amongst others. In the Modern collection, the gallery has continued to expand into new areas, becoming an early leader in textiles, fashion, photography, and Australian Aboriginal art. Today it has strong collections in areas as diverse as old masters, Greek vases, and historical European ceramics, and the largest and most comprehensive range of artworks in Australia.
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Rubens and Isabella Brant in the Honeysuckle Bower Alte Pinakothek Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was the most popular and prolific Flemish and European painter of the 17th century. ...
The Death of Hyacinth Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (also known as Gianbattista or Giambattista Tiepolo) (March 5, 1696 - March 27, 1770) was a Venetian painter. ...
Detail of a self-portrait Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Robusti; 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of Italian Renaissance. ...
Paolo Uccello. ...
The Battle of Lepanto by Paolo Veronese Veronese is the name usually used to refer to painter Paolo Veronese; alternatively it means someone or something from Verona, Italy. ...
As a "National Gallery"
National Gallery of Victoria entrance sign, 180 St Kilda Road The gallery's name has caused some confusion over the years, as Victoria is not, and never has been a nation, but a state of Australia, and there is also the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra. Some people such as the chairman of the NGA have called for the NGV to be renamed, perhaps to "Melbourne Gallery". However, the NGV was founded some 40 years before the founding of the Commonwealth of Australia, when Victoria was a self governing British colony; the name alludes to that period, when Victoria was a discrete political entity. It was also established more than a century before the National Gallery in Canberra. According to Victorian Premier Steve Bracks, "We won't be renaming the National Gallery of Victoria. It has a great tradition. It is the biggest and best gallery in the country and it's one of the biggest and best in the world."
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 971 KB) National Gallery of Victoria entrance sign. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 971 KB) National Gallery of Victoria entrance sign. ...
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National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Australia is a major art gallery (museum) in Canberra, Australia. ...
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Steve Bracks (born October 15, 1954), Australian politician, has been Premier of Victoria since 1999. ...
Ian Potter Centre and NGV International
The entrance features a "water wall", the first in Melbourne. In 1959 the commission to design a new gallery and cultural centre was awarded to the architectural firm Grounds Romberg Boyd. In 1962 Roy Grounds split from his partners Frederick Romberg and Robin Boyd, retained the commission, and designed the gallery at 180 St Kilda Road (now known as NGV International). He subsequently designed the adjacent Victorian Arts Centre. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 1817 KB) Entrance of the National Gallery of Victoria. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 1817 KB) Entrance of the National Gallery of Victoria. ...
Sir Roy Burman Grounds (18 December, 1905 - 7 March, 1981) was one of Australias leading architects of the modern movement. ...
Robin Boyd (1917 - 1971) was an influential Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator, the foremost Australian proponent for the International Modern Movement in architecture. ...
The Victorian Arts Centre spire The Victorian Arts Centre is a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Southgate precinct of Melbourne, Australia. ...
The gallery is now spread over two buildings a short distance from each other at the southern end of the CBD. A new space, The Ian Potter Centre, in Federation Square opened in 2003 and houses the Australian art collection. Grounds' building just south of the Yarra River now houses the international collection. It reopened in December 2003 after four years of renovations by architect Mario Bellini). Inside the Atrium Federation Square (or Fed Square) is the new public heart of the city of Melbourne, Australia. ...
Australia is home to perhaps the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world _ that is, those of the Aboriginal Australians, an artistic tradition that began to receive international recognition in the late 20th century. ...
Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia); it is the river on which the city of Melbourne was founded. ...
Mario Bellini (born 1935) is an Italian industrial designer and architect. ...
The iconic Angel sculpture by Deborah Halpern was removed to be restored and relocated to Birrarung Marr. The Australian collection includes a large collection of works donated by Dr. Joseph Brown in 2004, which forms the Joseph Brown Collection. Deborah Halpern is a mosaic artist from Melbourne, Victoria Australia. ...
Speakers mound at Speakers corner Birrarung Marr is a park located on the south-east edge of the central business district in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...
Joseph Brown (born 1918) Australian artist and art collector. ...
The exhibition of work donated by Dr. Joseph Brown, in the Ian Potter Centre, part of the National Gallery of Victoria, a wide showcase of Australian art of different periods, with more than 150 works on display. ...
Picasso theft A famous event in the history of the gallery was the theft of Pablo Picasso's painting "Weeping Woman" in 1986 by a person or group who identified themselves as the "Australian Cultural Terrorists". The group took the painting to protest the perceived poor treatment of the arts by the state government of the time and sought as a ransom the establishment of an art prize for young artists. The painting was returned in a railway locker a week afterwards. Young Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ...
Blockbusters The National Gallery of Victoria has held several large exhibitions known as blockbusters, starting with the Impressionists in 2004, and an exhibition of Dutch masters in winter 2005 with Vermeer's painting The Love Letter from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam exhibited among many others. It was the first time a Vermeer painting had been exhibited in Australia.
Opening in mid-2006 is an exhibition of over 300 Picasso paintings from the years 1935-1945. It will be curated by Anne Baldassari, Director of the Musée Picasso, Paris. A young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. ...
Self Portrait The Musée Picasso is located in the Hotel Sale on rue de Thorigny, in the Marais district of Paris. ...
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