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Place of Origin: Australian
'Beach Camp' Modernist Oil Painting Signed Anne Montgomery, 1984
By Anne Montgomery
Located in Melbourne, AU
Anne Montgomery has been considered for many years one of the women artists Australia forgot. Not any more. Along with the likes of Clarice Beckett and Lina Bryans, her work is now recognised as an important part of Australian modernism.
The breadth and quality of Montgomery's work over a long lifetime has always been appreciated by other artists. As Australian women artists in the mid Century period were relegated to the fringes of the establishment, they freely explored their own vision and developed their own style. Montgomery's work richly deserves the attention it's now receiving.
This work shows Montgomery's unique perception and expression of colour in the Australian landscape. Her use of oil on board gives her work a robust structure but the inclusion of ink sketching in the work gives it a delicate texture. Her foliage and grasses tickle, her fabric floats, trees dance - her landscapes are in constant movement.
This painting depicts a family camping under canvas amongst the Tea...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Contemporary Aboriginal Painting
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Aboriginal art, oil and acrylic on canvas. The painting depicts significant snake and gecko figures and characters that might ...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Nick Thomm "Mars" Print - Standard Size
Located in Miami, US
Nick Thomm "Mars" Print - Standard Size
Immerse yourself in the vibrant, psychedelic world of contemporary artist Nick Thomm with this stunning print, "Mars". Known for his bold us...
Category
2010s Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Australian Sydney Harbour Bridge design Painting 1932
By Douglas Annand
Located in Seaford, GB
Sydney Harbour poster
Sydney Harbour Bridge poster design
Attributed to Douglas Annand in our opinion, this was an original drawing for the 1932 poster competition.
In 1932, the poster competition committee asked Douglas Annand and Arthur Whitmore to collaborate together to produce the now-famous 19th March 1932 poster.
There are clear similarities between ours and the collaborative poster.
Our design clearly shows more of an Art Deco and feminine design, as opposed to the more masculine, collaborative Sydney Harbour Bridge poster design.
Our drawing is Gouache on paper laid down on the artist's board.
The drawing is in the original frame and mount, dated March 1932 and is unsigned.
BIOGRAPHY
Douglas Shenton Annand (1903-1976), graphic designer and artist, was born on 22 March 1903 at Toowoomba, Queensland, the third child of Frederick William Gadsby Annand, accountant, and his wife Helen Alice, née Robinson, both Queenslanders. Having taken the commercial course at the Central Technical College, Brisbane, in 1920, Douglas j...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
Paul Newman 'The Hustler' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Australian, 1962
Located in Devon, GB
A sumptuous stone lithography daybill for the first Australian release of 1961 classic drama 'The Hustler,' starring Paul Newman as small-time pool shark "F...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Linen
'Thunderbirds Are Go' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1966
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this explosive Australian Daybill poster advertised the first full length feature film based on the British sci-fi Supermarionation television series 'Thunderbirds.' Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, 'Thunderbirds' combined a form of electronic marionette puppetry, which they named "Supermarionation," with scale model special effects sequences. Set in the 2060s, 'Thunderbirds' followed on from the Anderson's earlier Supermarionation productions including 'Fireball XL5' and 'Stingray.' The series followed the exploits of International Rescue, a life-saving organisation equipped with technologically-advanced land, sea, air and space rescue craft headed by a fleet of five vehicles named the Thunderbirds and launched from the organisation's secret base of operations in the Pacific Ocean. 'Thunderbirds Are Go...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Maringka Baker, Minma Jukurrpa, Acrylic on canvas, 2013
Located in NICE, FR
ABOUT THIS ARTWORK
In this painting, Maringka Baker depicts the land of her childhood. She depicts a Dream, that of the creation of the hills by two female dogs, represented on the ...
Category
2010s Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Wentja Napaltjarri
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Wentja Napaltjarri (c1945 - 2021) entitled Rockhole West of Kintore, the work depicts the artist's ancestral land in Drea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Brutalist Freeform Earthenware Wall Plate w Turquoise Glaze
Located in Melbourne, AU
A Brutalist earthenware plate suitable as a wall hanging. A strong 70s vibe but, to my surprise, created in 2012. It will work well with Organic and Brutalist styling, or 1970s moder...
Category
2010s Brutalist Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Earthenware
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Rome Italy Fly Qantas Harry Rogers
By Harry Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Italy travel advertising poster - Rome Fly there by Qantas Australia's round-the-world airline - featuring a great image of a bus...
Category
1960s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Australia Koala Bears Eucalyptus Tourist Oceania
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Australia For The Tourist - featuring a great photo collage design showing three koalas sitting on the branches of a gum tree with eucalyptus leaves ...
Category
1930s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
'To Kill a Mockingbird' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce original stone lithograph poster for the first Australian release of the 1962 American film adaptation of Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Still Life With Flowers By Frederick Arthur Jessup (1920-2007) Oil On Canvas
By Frederick Arthur Jessup 1
Located in LE CANNET, FR
Still life by Frederick Arthur Jessup entitled " Garden gourds ". Framed and signed work.
Born in Victoria in 1920, Frederick Arthur JESSUP educated at East Sydney Tecnichal College ...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
'Cool Hand Luke' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
An uber cool Australian Daybill for the 1967 American prison drama 'Cool Hand Luke' starring Paul Newman in an Oscar nominated performance as the titular anti-hero, a free spirited prisoner who refuses to conform to the system, as indicated by the poster's tagline "The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform." Acclaimed as one of the key movies of the 1960s, the film's anti-establishment ethos touched a nerve during a time of growing opposition to the Vietnam War. The Australian Daybill was printed using stone lithography based on US artist James Bama...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Julie Nangala Robertson, Ngapa Jukurrpa, Acrylic on canvas, 2015
Located in NICE, FR
ABOUT THE WORK NGAPA DREAMING
In her paintings, Julie Nangala represents “Pirlinyanu”, her father's land of which she is the custodian, close to Mina Mina, a rocky land rich in deep-...
Category
2010s Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Caterpillar Dreaming Australian Aboriginal Artist Lorna Fencer
By Lorna Fencer Napurrula
Located in Atlanta, GA
Description: "Caterpillar Dreaming" painting by Lorna Fencer Napurrula
Lorna is a Senior Warlpiri Custodian and she is among a small group of women who collectively produced the fir...
Category
20th Century Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Billy Benn Perrurle Australian Aboriginal Landscape Paintings, Set of 3
By Billy Ben Perrurle
Located in Miami, FL
Billy Benn Perrurle Australian Aboriginal Landscape Paintings, Set of 3
Offered for sale is a set of three Australian aboriginal landscape paintings by artist Billy Benn. Billy Ben...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Large Grey Green Abstract Oil on Canvas by Beverley Downie 1978 Original Frame
Located in Melbourne, AU
A very large framed oil on canvas by extensively exhibited Australian artist, Beverley Downie.
Downie's keen interest in opera has always influenced ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Mid-century Pop Art Marilyn Monroe Cupid's Bow Print by David Bromley, 1990s
By David Bromley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Born in the UK, David Bromley immigrated with his family as a child to Australia where he still lives. Self-taught, he began his artistic career as a potter, and then, with a focus on painting, became known for his storybook images of his imagined British childhood. These images are the frequent subjects of his large oils on canvas, small embroideries and gorgeous silk screen prints with children playing, skipping, sleeping or at the seaside in boats, as if from the pages of Dick and Jane books...
Category
Late 20th Century Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Framed Pastel on Paper, Lyn Diefenbach Hyper-realistic Roses Composition
By Lyn Diefenbach
Located in Morristown, NJ
Lyn Diefenbach, Australian, b. 1957, "Pretty In Pink", signed "L. Dief" at lower right.
A mesmerizing pastel painting by Lyn Diefenbach, celebrated for her masterful floral realis...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
'Lawrence of Arabia' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1963
Located in Devon, GB
Based on Lawrence's autobiography 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom,' David Lean's sweeping historical epic 'Lawrence of Arabia' followed the Arabian adventures of idealistic British army...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage Film Poster Ziegfeld Follies Fred Astaire Judy Garland Pin Up
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for an MGM film in Technicolour - Ziegfeld Follies - the Greatest production since the birth of motion pictures! featuring an all star cast including Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Gene Kelly and others, directed by Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli, and produced by Arthur Freed. Fun pin-up style design depicting a lady in a feather bird costume smiling at the viewer while holding a telephone with her other hand on her hip, the bold stylised title letter Z following the shape of her body with the text on the side against the yellow background. This musical film was a cinematic take on The Ziegfeld Follies theatrical production on Broadway New York City that ran from 1907 to 1931, inspired by the pretty pin up chorus girls...
Category
1940s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Kudditji Kngwarreye
Located in Atlanta, GA
Entitled "My Country", this bold and abstract landscape painting was by renowned Australian aboriginal artist Kudditji Kngwarreye (1928-2017). Acrylic painting on canvas, it was painted in 2012 and signed and inscribed on verso. The saturated colors and the visible brush strokes and intentionally uneven earth-like textures invokes the view of a landscape, partially real, partially imaginary.
Kudditji Kngwarreye from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. He was the skin brother of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye and like his skin sister Emily, was one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of contemporary indigenous Australian...
Category
2010s Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Large Painting by Wendy Cohen "Connect the Dots"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a captivating masterpiece to enhance your living space, the "Connect the Dots" Acrylic on Canvas Painting by renowned artist Wendy Cohen. This ...
Category
1990s Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jon Rhodes Signed Limited Ed Australian Aboriginal Art Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, singular silver gelatin photographic print by renowned Australian photographer/artist titled "Uta Uta Tjangala and Yala Yala Tjungurrayi Gibbs at Yumari Rockhole, 1990"
The one-off, unique work is hand pencil signed, titled, dated (printed in 1991), and numbered (1/1) by Rhodes in the lower margin.
Jon Rhodes was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales in 1947. before moving at a young age to Brisbane, Queensland. He took up photography in the late 60s which eventually led him to documentary work as an assistant cinematographer in countries such as Australia, Papua New Guinea, and India where he developed his cinematic approach to photography. It was also in the 1970s that he began his collaborative work with the Indigenous Australian Aboriginal Peoples. Today Rhodes is widely viewed as a pioneer in bringing a high-art approach to documenting the lives of Aboriginal People living in remote communities.
Rhodes's work can be found in numerous major Australian collections and prominent museums including:
The Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Sydney
The Museum of Australian Photography...
Category
1990s Folk Art Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Recruitment Propaganda Poster Join The AIF Camel WWII Australia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster for the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF; 1939-1947) voluntary military forces - How she'll prize your letters from overseas Join the AIF - featuring a lady's hand holding a photograph of a soldier in army uniform...
Category
1940s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Australia Qantas Overseas Airline Kangaroo Design
By Harry Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Australia by Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline in association with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) and TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Li...
Category
1950s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Frank Pash Australian Outback Painting
Located in Seaford, GB
Vintage Frank Pash Australian Outback Painting – Rare Collectable Artwork
Frank Pash, Australian Outback Painting, is a renowned Australian outback artist. He was born in Australia ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
New Light, 2 Australian Art Glass Sculpture Panels by Kirstie Rea, 2004
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Australian art glass sculpture by Kirstie Rea.
Entitled 'New Light'.
2 Kiln formed and wheel cut glass panels.
Bearing an etched signature ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Art Glass
Aboriginal Painting by Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (1927-2009)
Located in NICE, FR
We offer an exquisite Aboriginal artwork created by Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (1927-2009) in 2002, sourced from the Papunya Tula Art Center. Her work can be found in the collections of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tribal Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Acrylic
Jon Rhodes Signed Limited Ed Australian Aboriginal Art Silver Gelatin Photograph
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, singular silver gelatin photographic print by renowned Australian photographer/artist titled "Uta Uta Tjangala's camp at Yayayi Bore, 1973"
The one-off, unique work is hand pencil signed, titled, dated (printed in 1991), and numbered (1/1) by Rhodes in the lower margin.
Jon Rhodes was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales in 1947. before moving at a young age to Brisbane, Queensland. He took up photography in the late 60s which eventually led him to documentary work as an assistant cinematographer in countries such as Australia, Papua New Guinea, and India where he developed his cinematic approach to photography. It was also in the 1970s that he began his collaborative work with the Indigenous Australian Aboriginal Peoples. Today Rhodes is widely viewed as a pioneer in bringing a high-art approach to documenting the lives of Aboriginal People living in remote communities.
Rhodes's work can be found in numerous major Australian collections and prominent museums including:
The Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Sydney
The Museum of Australian Photography...
Category
1990s Folk Art Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Poster 'Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations', 'c. 1938'
By Tom Purvis
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster 'Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations', (c. 1938)
This is an original poster from 1938 by Tom Purvis, this poster is also part of the collection of t...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Nick Thomm "Ether" Print - Standard Size
Located in Miami, US
Nick Thomm "Ether" Print - Standard Size
Immerse yourself in the vibrant, psychedelic world of contemporary artist Nick Thomm with this stunning print, "Ether". Known for his bold ...
Category
2010s Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Australia Sydney Loveliest Harbour Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Australia The World's Loveliest Harbour Sydney featuring a stunning painting by Albert Collins (1883-1951) depicting an aerial view over the docks,...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
'Batman' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1966
Located in Devon, GB
"For the first time on the motion picture screen in color!" Printed in stunning stone lithography, this fabulously kitsch and colourful Australian Daybill...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage Poster Australia Victorian Melbourne Sydney Festival Tall Ship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting “Discover Australia During the Celebrations”, (1934-1935) Victorian & Melbourne Centenary (1934-1935 commencing October) Sydney Festival Fortnight (1934 November). Great artwork by the only Australian artist to attend the New York School of Art John Vickery, (1906-1903) featuring a tall ship in full sail sailing on an ocean against a dramatic cloudy sky in the background with the stylized lettering and kangaroo logo against the sea below. Issued by the National Australian Travel...
Category
1930s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
'An American in Paris' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1951
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this scarce Australian Daybill poster joyfully declared the original Australian release of MGM's 'An American in Paris' as "the gayest, the most gorgeous, the greatest musical ever." Inspired by a 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin, the classic 1951 musical starred Gene Kelly as an American ex-GI who remains in Paris after the war to become an artist and falls for a gamine Parisienne played by a nineteen year old Leslie Caron, who Kelly had spotted performing with the Ballets des Champs-Élysées two years previously. Following the devastation and trauma of the Second World War, producer Arthur Freed...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster China Navigation Australia To The Orient
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster - China Navigation Co Ltd Australia to the Orient By the New British Liners MV Changsha M.V. Taiyuan - featuring a stunning night view by Harold...
Category
1950s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Hayward Veal Australian Nocturne Cityscape Painting
By Hayward Veal
Located in Essex, MA
An oil on board painting by Australian painter W. Hayward Veal (1913-1968), entitled Nocturne No. 4, depicting a night scene of a park and tree in the foreground with a man walking, ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Pine, Masonite, Wood, Paint
'Please, Not Now!' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1963
Located in Devon, GB
A sultry Brigitte Bardot sizzles on this striking stone lithography poster for the French screwball rom-com 'La Bride sur le cou,' released in Australia and the UK as 'Please, Not Now!' and in the US as 'Only For Love'. Bardot starred as the saucy young model who enlists a handsome doctor in a zany plan to make her boyfriend jealous when he goes off with an American heiress. Directed by Bardot''s former husband Roger Vadim...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster America Qantas Native American Harry Rogers Plane
By Harry Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for America issued by Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline in association with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporatio...
Category
1960s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pink Floyd 'The Wall' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Australian, 1982
By Gerald Scarfe
Located in Devon, GB
Based on Pink Floyd's 1979 narrative concept album of the same name, "The Wall" follows the descent into madness of Bob Geldof's troubled rock star Pink as he constructs a metaphoric...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of 2 Blackened F.ACE Wall Hooks by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Blackened F.ACE Wall Hooks by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 6 x D 5 x H 10 cm
Materials: Blackened bronze.
Available in blackened, brass, and aluminum.
The F.ACE Hook is a ri...
Category
2010s Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
The 6th film in the Eon James Bond film series and the first and only outing for George Lazenby, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was released in 1969. Based on Ian Fleming's 1963 n...
Category
1960s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage 1938 British Empire Games Poster Sydney Australia Commonwealth
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sporting event poster for The British Empire Games 5-12 February 1938 Sydney Australia – Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Co...
Category
1930s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
A Rare diptych of "Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming" by Kathleen Petyarre
By Kathleen Petyarre
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning and rather rare diptych aboriginal painting by Kathleen Petyarre that depicts one of her most iconic subject. Each painting is 44" x 44".
"Mountain Devil Lizard Arnkerrth...
Category
20th Century Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Large Aboriginal Painting "Wati Kutjara" by Yannima Tommy Watson
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and striking aboriginal painting by celebrated Australian artist Yannima Tommy Watson (1935s-2017; Pitjantjatjara people from Australia's central western desert). Stretched and ready to display (no frame).
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year of Creation: 2013
Title: Wati Kutjara
An important aboriginal dreamtime story from the Western Australia (the song line is also known as Two Men Dreaming), the narrative is about two young lizard-men travelling all over the Western Desert. They covered a vast landscape from Kimberley in the north to Southern Australia. The two brothers often took the form of wind and left songs in their epic journey to enlighten the people they encountered with rituals and knowledge. As magical ancestral beings, they destroyed evil spirits and created sacred objects across all over the Western Dessert.
Provenance:
Agathon Galleries, Melbourne 2013
Art Yarramunua, Melbourne (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private Collection, Melbourne 2017
About the artist (courtesy of Kate Owen and Japingka Gallery)
Yannima Tommy Watson was a celebrated Pitjantjatara artist, born around 1935 in the desert west of Irrunytju in Western Australia. Tommy was a Law man of Karima skin group, and his traditional names were Yannima and Pikarli relate to specific sites near his birthplace at Anumarapiti, west of Irrunytju.
As a young man Tommy learned the bush skills of hunting and gathering, living off the land. In these years his physical and spiritual knowledge of the land was deeply embedded in his life.
Tommy Watson first met white people at Ernabella Mission in the 1940s. He then spent decades working as a stockman and laborer on cattle stations. Not until 2001 when he was in his mid 60s, did Tommy Watson pick up a paint brush and painted his first picture at Irrunytju art center established by a small group of artists.
Watson's work became quickly recognized for his powerful use of colors and his mesmerizing creation of energetic movement. He exhibited in Alice Springs at Desert Mob and as a finalist at the Telstra NATSIAA Art Awards in Darwin. With his work becoming highly collectable, Tommy soon entered into an exclusive representation agreement with Jon Ioannou of Agathon Gallery. This arrangement marked the start of a second phase of Tommy's career and saw the creation of a large body of outstanding artworks which were to further propel Tommy into the upper echelons of Australian indigenous artists. This painting was created toward the end of that phase.
In 2005, Tommy was commissioned, along with Ningura Napurrula, Lena Nyadbi, Michael Riley, Judy Watson, John Mawurndjul, Paddy Bedford...
Category
2010s Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Jenny Kee Hand Knitted Wool Cardigan, Australia, circa 1980
Located in Pymble, NSW
A beautiful hand-knitted wool cardigan by Jenny Kee, with original label and in almost unused condition. Purchased from Jenny in circa 1980 from her studio i...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Numbered Etching on Paper - Australian Aboriginal Art by Betsy Lewis Napang
By Betsy Lewis Napangardi
Located in Morristown, NJ
2006, Australian, Betsy Lewis Napangardi (1940-2008), Framed Mina Mina Dreaming, etching on paper. Number 5 of 60 and pencil signed Betsy Lewis with embossed seal. Information on the back of the work from the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association and dated 1/11/2007, describes the story behind the work authenticates it.
Dimensions:
17.5"w x 23.5"h x 1.5"d (framed)
7.5"w x 13"h (sight)
Condition:
Good. Not examined out of frame. Shows well. Ready to hang.
Biography:
Betsy Lewis Napangardi was a traditional Warlpiri woman from the Yuendumu Community region. Betsy was born in the bush just west of Yuendumu in the 1940’s, this was before hospitals and health clinics were available and accessible in the area. Betsy moved to Mount Doreen Station with her family at a young age. She was raised by Paddy Japanangka Lewis and attended the Yuendumu School. She spent her life living in Yuendumu.
Betsy began painting full time in 1999 however she had been painting for Warlukurlangu Artists for some time before then. She was considered at the forefront of the move towards more abstract depictions of Aboriginal art however did maintain a strong connection to her Kurruwarri heritage. Her art is bright and textured with thick layers of paint. Some of her family members are also artists such as Margaret Lewis.
Betsy is known best for five Dreamtime depictions - Snake Vine, Women’s Dreaming, Edible Fungus, Dreaming Site and Dogwood. The story of Jintiparnta is of the Napangardi and Napanangka women who collect Jintiparnta or Edible Fungus at Karnakarlangu. The area is also known as Mina Mina. The ancestral women would travel from here heading north and east toward Janyinki and Alcoota country. The Mina Mina is a ceremonial place which belongs to the Japanangka and Japangardi men and the Napanangka and Napangardi women. Water soakages, sand hills...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Discover Australia Emu Eileen Mayo
By Eileen Mayo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Discover Australia - issued by the Australian National Travel Association to promote tourism to the country. Fantastic image by Eileen Mayo...
Category
1950s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
James Bond 'Moonraker' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1979
Located in Devon, GB
Capitalising on the sci-fi space craze in the wake of 'Star Wars,' EON Productions opted to postpone filming 'For Your Eyes Only' in favour of loosely adapting Ian Fleming's 'Moonraker' as the eleventh instalment in the James Bond series. And so Roger Moore's fourth outing as agent 007 saw him head into outer space to prevent a plot to wipe out the world population and recreate humanity with a master race. Despite production costs more than double those of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977), the space-age lark became the highest grossing 007 movie to date, until usurped by 'Goldeneye' in 1995. The Australian Daybill poster featured the same spectacular silvery artwork by American artist Daniel Goozee as the British and US poster campaigns, which pictured Bond in a spacesuit rather than his typical tux.
Although a similar format, Australian day bills are significantly rarer than US insert posters.
Category
1970s Space Age Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
'Taxi Driver' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Australian, 1976
By Guy Peelleart
Located in Devon, GB
Set amidst the moral decay of New York City following the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal, Martin Scorsese's 1976 psychological thriller "Taxi Driver" starred Robert De Niro as a lonely and disturbed anti-hero cab driver and war vet growing increasingly alienated and unhinged as his dreams of cleaning up the corrupt and sleazy city lead him down a path of violence, plotting to assassinate both a presidential candidate and the pimp of an underage prostitute, played by a 12 year old Jodie Foster. Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, it was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor for De Niro and Best Supporting Actor for Foster. De Niro's "You talkin' to me?" scene, where he imagines a confrontation in front of a mirror, gave us one of the most iconic quotes in movie history. This Australian Daybill poster features the same atmospheric Guy Peellaert...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Recruitment Propaganda Poster Join The AIF WWII Australia Force
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster for the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF; 1939-1947) voluntary military forces - How proud they'll be to pass ar...
Category
1940s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Australia Canberra Federal Capital & Garden City
By James Northfield
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Canberra Federal Capital & Garden City Australia featuring a stunning scenic view by James Northfield (1888-1973) with a couple in the foreground, ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Fly TAA Vickers Viscount Trans Australia Airlines
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Trans Australia Airlines - Fly TAA Viscount - featuring a great graphic design depicting a Vickers Viscount passenger propeller plane f...
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1960s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
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Paper
Actresses, off set. Ross Watson (Australian B. 1962), oil on board
By Ross Watson
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In 1988 David Stevens directed a film called Always Afternoon, which was set in Australia during the First World War. Watson was invited to observe, and his attention was particularl...
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1990s Neoclassical Australian Wall Decorations
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Paint
Original Vintage Recruitment Propaganda Poster Join The AIF Son WWII Australia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster for the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF; 1939-1947) voluntary military forces - Make her proud to say 'My Son overseas' Join the AIF - featuring a photograph of a smiling soldier in uniform in a picture frame with a ball of wool and knitting needles...
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1940s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster BCPA England London British Commonwealth Pacific Travel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines flights to England - Via BCPA to England. Design features an illustration of a mounted Royal Guard on...
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1940s Vintage Australian Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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