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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.
![Artwork Pen tray this artwork made of Earthenware, modelled with a reclining mermaid and a dolphin grotesque, the irregular rectangular base in mixed clay with green glaze, created in 1920-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/2017.113_24-03.jpg?itok=lId3VGWy)
Pen tray 1920
- HARVEY, L.J. - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Covered jar this artwork made of Porcelain, thrown and incised with copper oxide wash. The interior with a tenmoku glaze, created in 1976-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/%204-0467a-b_24-02.jpg?itok=eb3XAGcU)
Covered jar 1976
- CURRIE, Ian - Creator
![© Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Estate Artwork Large bowl this artwork made of Porcelain, wheelthrown, with celadon glazed interior, created in 1982-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/2014.082_24-01.jpg?itok=MyVGVws4)
Large bowl 1982-83
- HANSSEN PIGOTT, Gwyn - Creator
![© Greg Daly Artwork Vase this artwork made of Stoneware, wheelthrown with deep cobalt glaze and red details with gold foil, created in 1989-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/2005.120_24-01.jpg?itok=UJfgLBW0)
Vase 1989
- DALY, Greg - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Tea bowl this artwork made of Deep red stoneware clay body thrown, with oil spot tenmoku glaze, created in 1986-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1990.526_24-01_0.jpg?itok=HPI5yDom)
Tea bowl 1986
- McKAY, Ian - Potter
- STURT POTTERY - Studio pottery
![© QAGOMA Artwork Tea bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, deep brown clay thrown with matt khaki tenmoku glaze, created in 1987-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1990.527_24-01_0.jpg?itok=Uf5fS6Ux)
Tea bowl 1987
- McKAY, Ian - Potter
- BURNING BUSH POTTERY - Studio pottery
![© QAGOMA Artwork Tea bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, deep red clay body thrown, with oil spot tenmoku glaze, created in 1985-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1990.525_24-01_0.jpg?itok=3Nx-t_zb)
Tea bowl 1985
- McKAY, Ian - Potter
- STURT POTTERY - Studio pottery
![© Courtesy of the Estate of Milton Moon Artwork Bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, wheelthrown, low-fired Bundamba clay with grog and gravel inclusions. Ash and colemanite glaze with iron decoration, created in 1962-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/4-0453_24-01_0.jpg?itok=92P6blbC)
Bowl 1962
- MOON, Milton - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Butter dish this artwork made of Earthenware, hand-built white clay with six lobed rim carved with a floral motif and glazed green, created in 1954-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1994.028_24-02_0.jpg?itok=Qdfp7OLf)
Butter dish 1954
- BIRCHLEY, Jean - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Tea bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, coarse white clay thrown with incised decoration; yellow Seto glaze and green over incisions, created in 1990-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1990.522_24-01_0.jpg?itok=fk2iMqvq)
Tea bowl 1990
- McKAY, Ian - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Covered bowl this artwork made of Porcelain turned and smoked, with final cast in sterling silver from a native seed pod, created in 1982-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/4-0877a-b_24-01_0.jpg?itok=RnO-5gK8)
Covered bowl 1982
- ELMS, Georgina - Creator
![© Ray Rogers Estate Artwork Exploding form this artwork made of Hand-built flattened spherical form with irregular opening. Black, pink and white marking of pit-firing, created in 1985-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1988.109_24-02.jpg?itok=i-kboZFo)
Exploding form 1985
- ROGERS, Ray - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Fluted bowl c.1955-59
- DOUGLAS, Mollie - Creator
![© Alison Clouston Artwork Pterodactyl car this artwork made of Galvanised iron, timber and found objects, created in 1985-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1991.264a-h_002.jpg?itok=2X6196QA)
Pterodactyl car 1985
- CLOUSTON, Alison - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Pair of candlesticks this artwork made of Sterling silver, created in 1981-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/4-0875.001-2_001.jpg?itok=tq2vwDWI)
Pair of candlesticks 1981
- CLAYTON, David - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork March 30th this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas on composition board, created in 1975-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1-1402_001.jpg?itok=qdznf_WN)
March 30th 1975
- CLARKE, Peter - Creator
![© Tony Clark Artwork Kufic painting (Jasperware) this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas boards, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1995.193a-i_001_part%20a.jpg?itok=MxlDBpbe)
Kufic painting (Jasperware) 1994
- CLARK, Tony - Creator
![© Marc Clark Artwork Stairway to nowhere this artwork made of Bronze, created in 1978-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1997.249_001.jpg?itok=kKI_jukS)
Stairway to nowhere 1978
- CLARK, Marc - Creator
![© Tony Clark Artwork Putto David this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and permanent marker on canvas, created in 2008-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/2008.110_001.jpg?itok=yatrh5zf)
Putto David 2008
- CLARK, Tony - Creator
![© Harold Hughan Artwork Platter this artwork made of Stoneware, wheelthrown with wax resist trailing and crawled Shino type glaze, created in 1967-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1994.123_001.jpg?itok=GpkOEmIL)
Platter 1967
- HUGHAN, Harold - Creator
![© Harold Hughan Artwork Jug this artwork made of Stoneware, wheelthrown with grey glaze, created in 1950-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/2006.018_001.jpg?itok=8BT3ttOw)
Jug 1950s
- HUGHAN, Harold - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Bowl: Mayflies this artwork made of Warwick clay, wheelthrown with flaring rim fired upside down on shells with glazes, created in 1993-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1993.281_24-01.jpg?itok=ZQtuFyhU)
Bowl: Mayflies 1993
- JAMES, John - Creator
![© David Boyd & Hermia Boyd/Copyright Agency Artwork Footed bowl this artwork made of Earthenware thrown Victorian ball clay with brushed manganese and copper exterior and grey satin glazed interior, created in 1951-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/4-0441_24-01_0.jpg?itok=Aq4NkT2r)
Footed bowl 1951
- BOYD, David - Potter
- BOYD, Hermia - Decorator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Bowl this artwork made of Porcelain, thrown and pierced, created in 1981-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/4-0621_24-01_0.jpg?itok=IpInk4jt)
Bowl 1981
- BLACK, Sandra - Creator
![© Courtesy of the Estate of Milton Moon Artwork Bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, wheelthrown Bundamba clay with ash glaze, created in 1963-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/4-0459_24-01.jpg?itok=8pFKgEZj)
Bowl c.1965
- MOON, Milton - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, thrown, flaring shape with tongue of dark glaze over clear, created in 1975-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1990.513_24-01.jpg?itok=Ye8Zy-G7)
Bowl c.1975-76
- McKAY, Ian - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Tea-set: Granite this artwork made of Slip-cast white earthenware with black, white and grey (spattered black) bands of glaze, created in 1987-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1987.157a-j_24_02.jpg?itok=Ha-nVPSs)
Tea-set: Granite 1987
- SAUVAGE, Marc - Creator
![© David Boyd & Hermia Boyd/Copyright Agency Artwork Bowl this artwork made of Thrown buff body earthenware with manganese oxide brushed exterior and pale grey glazed interior, created in 1956-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/1985.028.094_24-01_0.jpg?itok=TaMfHzQD)
Bowl 1956
- BOYD, David - Potter
- BOYD, Hermia - Decorator