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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.
![© David Boyd & Hermia Boyd/Copyright Agency Artwork Covered bowl this artwork made of Thrown Victorian (Campberfield) ball clay, the exterior brushed manganese and copper with flux, and interior with a pearly grey glaze, created in 1955-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-04/4-0099a-b_24-02_0.jpg?itok=ZosCzSH0)
Covered bowl c.1955-56
- BOYD, David - Potter
- BOYD, Hermia - Decorator
![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)
Flower bowl c.1954-55
- KEYS, Eileen - 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)
Bowl c.1973-74
- BARNES, Errol - Creator
![© Robert Jacks/Copyright Agency Artwork Hand stamped this artwork made of Hand-stamped ink on card and envelope, created in 2006-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2016.148a-g_24-01.jpg?itok=yIzQ_l7T)
Hand stamped 2006
- JACKS, Robert - Creator
![© Robert Jacks/Copyright Agency Artwork Bloomsday this artwork made of Hand-stamped ink on card and envelope, created in 2006-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2016.147a-g_24-01.jpg?itok=NAa6jNV_)
Bloomsday 2006
- JACKS, Robert - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Wall hanging: Untitled this artwork made of Handmade paper and cotton fibre, created in 1980-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/4-0624_24-01_0.jpg?itok=sBanOLb3)
Wall hanging: Untitled 1980
- COOK, Sherry - Creator
![© QAGOMA Artwork Fluted bowl this artwork made of Porcelain, thrown with 29 interior flutes and dark celadon glaze, created in 1986-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.523_24-01.jpg?itok=4YNLUjcA)
Fluted bowl 1986
- McKAY, Ian - Potter
- STURT POTTERY - Studio pottery
![© QAGOMA Artwork Fluted bowl this artwork made of Porcelain, thrown with 43 interior flutes and light celadon glaze, created in 1984-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.524_24-01.jpg?itok=Oo4-TPIv)
Fluted bowl 1984
- McKAY, Ian - Potter
- STURT POTTERY - Studio pottery
![© QAGOMA Artwork Tea bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, deep brown clay thrown with hare's fur tenmoku glaze, created in 1987-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.528_24-01.jpg?itok=jswJ0EFj)
Tea bowl 1987
- McKAY, Ian - Potter
- BURNING BUSH POTTERY - Studio pottery
![© QAGOMA Artwork Tea bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, black/brown clay thrown with lizard skin tenmoku glaze, created in 1987-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.529_24-01.jpg?itok=Ha8HxfSh)
Tea bowl 1987
- McKAY, Ian - Potter
- BURNING BUSH POTTERY - Studio pottery
![© David Boyd & Hermia Boyd/Copyright Agency Artwork Bowl this artwork made of Stoneware, thrown with green and brown crocodile skin glaze, created in 1955-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/4-0093A_24-01.jpg?itok=zyILBqWL)
Bowl c.1955-56
- 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/4-0620_24-01.jpg?itok=RlB7fTyK)
Bowl 1981
- BLACK, Sandra - Creator
![© Robert Jacks/Copyright Agency Artwork Hand stamped box set this artwork made of Boxed set of 12 hand-stamped ink books, created in 1973-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2016.139.001-013_24-01.jpg?itok=qUPxHp0-)
Hand stamped box set 1973-82
- JACKS, Robert - Creator
![© Robert Jacks/Copyright Agency Artwork Hand stamped this artwork made of Book comprising 10 pages, 10 hand-stamped ink illustrations, created in 2005-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2016.146_24-01_0.jpg?itok=-8gz9M9a)
Hand stamped 2005
- JACKS, Robert - Creator
![© Lisa Adams Artwork Rose garden this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 2008-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2008.108_001_4.jpg?itok=pK-rbEnq)
Rose garden 2008
- BALE, Lisa - Creator