Artist: Sir Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981)
Nationality: English
Movement: Modern Australian School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Sir George Drysdale was born in Sussex and moved to Melbourne in Victoria, Australia with his family at the age of eleven. He initially studied at the George Bell Art School and then traveled to London to train at the Royal Academy School. After encountering Surrealism in Paris, Drysdale returned to Australia and concentrated on realist scenes of the Outback. His first exhibition was in London in 1950, which established him as one of the most influential artists in Australian art. Drysdale was knighted in 1969 and became a Companion of the Order of Australia in1980.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Russell T. Gordon, Skyscrape, 1974
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Russell T. Gordon, Sky Vision, 1974
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Russell T. Gordon, Untitled, 1981
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Robert Shurlock (1779-1847), 1801 John Russell (British, 1745-1806)Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas; 23
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Russell T. Gordon, untitled, 1981
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. James Russell (Katherine Graves) c. 1770 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - Russell Sturgis (1750-1826) c. 1806 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Al Held, Russell"s Way, 1989
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John Russell, Mrs. Peckwell, circa 1775
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Charles M. Russell Title: The Death Song of Lone Wolf Date: 1901 Medium: oil
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Russell T. Gordon, Tulip Table, 1974
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Charles M. Russell Title: The Signal Fire Date: 1897 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
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Mrs. J.W. Russell, Tidy with spiral designs, circa 1878
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Willam Russell Flint, Sand and Sea, circa 1925
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. Robert Shurlock (Henrietta Ann Jane Russell, 1775-1849) and Her Daughter Ann, 1801 John Russell
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Mrs. Shurlock, 1801 John Russell (British, 1745-1806)Pastel on paper; 24 x 17 7/8 in. (61
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Willam Russell Flint, Eve, 19th - 20th century
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Russell T. Limbach, Approaching Storm, 20th century
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Sir George Hayter, The Judgement of Lord Russell, 1825
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Noel Rockmore - Young Man At Window (Portrait of Russell Thomas) 1958 oil Hirshhorn Museum American
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Russell Patterson, Showgirl, design for for Life Magazine, 1933
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Andy Warhol - American Indian Series (Russell Means) 1976 acrylic and silkscre Dayton Arts Institute American
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Russell T. Gordon, A Good Place to Live, 1974
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Willam Russell Flint, Danae, 19th - 20th century
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George Vertue, Portrait Henricus Sacheverell, after A. Russell, 1714
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Russell T. Limbach, Two painters (student and teacher), 20th century
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Leonard Russell Squirrell, Steps of St. Paul, 19th - 20th century
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Leonard Russell Squirrell, The High Mill, 19th - 20th century
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Charles Marion Russell, Will Rogers on Horseback, 19th - 20th century
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Leonard Russell Squirrell, Ebb Tide, Woodbridge, 19th - 20th century
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Willam Russell Flint, Gelinda"s Precaution, 19th - 20th century
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Willam Russell Flint, Slippery Steps, 19th - 20th century
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Willam Russell Flint, Prison Door, 19th - 20th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Scene of Battle, Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Jacobus Houbraken, (William Russell Earl of Bedford), circa 1738
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Al Held, Working proof 2 for Russell"s Way, 20th century
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Al Held, Working proof 1 for Russell"s Way, 20th century
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Al Held, Working proof 3 for Russell"s Way, 20th century
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Leonard Russell Squirrell, Two figures in front of a house, 19th - 20th century
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Warren"s Portraits, Boston, James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Art Gallery of New South Wales: Russell Drysdale: Sunday evening, 1941
Painted in 1941, this work is of seminal importance in the development of Drysdale’s unique vision. As one of the artist’s earliest paintings with an inland th...
Karsh-Masson Gallery: Undercover: Recent works by Kathryn Drysdale
The City of Ottawa presents exhibits in the City Hall Art Gallery and the Karsh-Masson Gallery in order to fulfill its mandate of promoting and increasing awareness of the visual arts and heritage of Ottawa. The types of exhibitions to be s...
Gold Coast City Art Gallery: A Portrait of the Gold Coast: The Art of Betty Quelhurst
The time spent in Paris left a lasting impression on Quelhurst. Her genre scenes of people enjoying leisure time by the beach or in parks are filled with the air of Parisian street life. Her art is also a wonderful document of the Gold Coast when ...
National Gallery of Australia: Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001
Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001 is an exhibition that confronts such questions. A mosaic of the past century, Federation looks at the entire sweep ...
Woman Made Gallery: Fabrications: Cat Chow, Anne Elizabeth and Jill Ziccardi
Cat Chow is showing three new works from her Mourning Gowns series which is inspired by Victorian mourning/memorial jewelry.  Chow’s work blurs the distinctions between sculpture, fashion and architecture. She manipulates everyday objects into fa...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: The 2002 Archibald Prize - Wynne and Sulman Prizes and Dobell Drawing Prize
With the financial support of the Colonial Foundation Trust, the winner of the Archibald Prize receives $35,000, the Wynne Prize for landscape painting $15,000, and the Sulman Prize for subject/genre painting and/or mural work $10,000. The winner...

Further Artwork and Information:

Sir Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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Drysdale dreaming - theage.com.au
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Russell Drysdale 1950-1981
All eyes on the station when, suddenly, the manager walks - smh.com.au
MSN Encarta - Drysdale, Sir George Russell
Russell Drysdale 1950-1981
Russell Drysdale 1912-1950

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