National Gallery of Australia

The collection of Australian art in the National Gallery of Australia incorporates art made in Australia or about Australian subjects since European settlement in 1788, with the greatest strength in the 20th century. Australian art also includes the art of Australia's indigenous people. The collection encompasses paintings and sculpture, prints and drawings, photographs, the decorative arts, sketchbooks, posters and installation art.

Included are significant works by artists such as Tom Roberts, Charles Conder, Frederick McCubbin and Arthur Streeton, members of what has been widely regarded as the national school of Australian painting, the Heidelberg School.

Sidney Nolan's paintings – in particular the Ned Kelly series (1945–47) – constitute an important part of the Gallery's representation of the art of postwar Australia. Works by Arthur Boyd – a comprehensive group given by the artist to the Gallery in 1975 – are another great strength of the collection, along with works by Margaret Preston, John Perceval, Albert Tucker and Joy Hester.

The Gallery also holds comprehensive collections of the works of major 20th century photographers such as Harold Cazneaux, Olive Cotton and Max Dupain. Sculpture is also well represented, with major works by artists such as Bertram Mackennal and Robert Klippel.

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Pastoral
Rupert Bunny
(1864 -1947)
National Gallery of Australia