Australian art
The work of Australian artists has been collected by the Queensland Art Gallery since its foundation in 1895. These works date from the colonial period onwards, with rich holdings of paintings and sculptures by Australian expatriate artists living in the United Kingdom and France at the turn of the twentieth century. The Australian art collection tracks developments in the modern movement of the 1950s and 1960s, including abstractions and assemblages and conceptual/post-object art of the late 1960s and 1970s.
The Contemporary Australian Art collection is rich in paintings, major installation, cross-media and moving image works which are central to contemporary art practice. The Collection includes an outstanding group of works by major Queensland artists.
See the Australian Collection display at QAG. The reconfigured spaces capture major historical moments from first contact to colonisation, and exploration to immigration. Bringing the Indigenous and contemporary Australian collections together with the Gallery’s historical holdings, the display emphasises stories about Queensland and Brisbane from the region’s own perspective.
Jardiniere c.1890
- WATTS, J.L. - Modeller
- JAMES CAMPBELL & SONS - Manufacturer
The departure (second class) and The return (first class) 1857
- SOLOMON, Abraham - Artist
- SIMMONDS, William Henry - Engraver
- E. GAMBART & Co. - Publisher
Untitled 2008-09
- HENSON, Bill - Creator
Murray River at Mannum 1882
- JOHNSTONE, H.J. - Creator
Cylinders and funnels 1980
- MOUNT, Nick - Creator
evidenceincamera # 31 2003-04
- BURGESS, Peter - Creator
Enter the Duke 1924
- LINDSAY, Norman - Creator
Venus 1977
- WARREN, Alan - Creator
Tale for a winter 1989
- KLUGE-POTT, Hertha - Creator
No nukes in the Pacific 1984
- DEBENHAM, Pam - Creator
Centennial 1982
- THOMSON, Ann - Creator
Brisbane c.1852
- MARTENS, Conrad - Creator
Philip Island c.1925-30
- DYSON, Will - Creator
Eternity 1968-69
- BROWN, Geoffrey - Creator
On the Strand 1909
- LAMBERT, George W. - Creator
Brooch: Fence Brooch II 1981
- SMITH, Laurie - Creator
Hydrangeas c.1929
- REES, Lloyd - Creator
Royal romance 1981
- LITTLE, Colin - Creator