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Sir George Russell Drysdale (1912-1981), artist, was born on 7 February 1912 at Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, son of George Russell Drysdale, a gentleman of private means and Scottish ancestry, and his wife Isobel, née Gates, who was English. George Russell Drysdale was his grandfather. Having relinquished a commission with the Black Watch ...
George Russell Drysdale, who died yesterday morning in the Westmead Hospital, was born on February 7, 1912, at Bognor Regis, Sussex, while his parents were on one of their frequent visits to England.
Russell Drysdale, born on February 7, 1912, in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, and later becoming one of Australia’s most celebrated artists, was a prominent figure in 20th-century Australian art. Renowned for his distinctive approach to depicting the Australian outback and its inhabitants, Drysdale’s works captured the vastness, isolation, and social complexities of the Australian landscape.
11 mag 2024 · Elena Taylor, NGV Curator of Australian Art, delves into Russell Drysdale; a quintessential Australian artist. Despite his international reputation, Drysdale cultivated an image of himself as the “typical Australian bloke”. He created never-before-seen images of the outback and its inhabitants that “ultimately defined the way that ...
Russell Drysdale. In 1947 Russell Drysdale and fellow artist Donald Friend first visited the former gold-mining towns of Sofala and Hill End in New South Wales. Captivated by the ambience of the dilapidated and abandoned buildings, Drysdale photographed the ruinous streetscapes to inform paintings created upon return to his Sydney studio. Works ...
Russell Drysdale painted some of the iconic landscapes of the Australian outback, and in the 1940s his paintings and drawings enabled city people to see the devastation of drought on a dry land. His modernism was sufficiently muted to enable him to be accepted by many conservatives, and the exotic nature of his subject matter led to significant international success.
Margaret Plant, Russell Drysdale, 'Drysdale: affinities and critics', pg. 15-32, Clayton, 1987, 10 (illus.), 23. The illustration in this publication is a replica of what appeared in 'The Illustrated London News' article dated 16 December, 1950. John Douglas Pringle and Russell Drysdale, Russell Drysdale's Australia, Sydney, 1974, 7 (colour ...
