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Theme: The Land Artist: SILK AND TEXTILE PRINTERS Birth/Death: 1939–1969 Title: Tree forms Credit Line: Gift of Lady Drysdale 1981. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra The awesome beauty of a drought stricken and eroded landscape was the subject of Tree forms, a design for furnishing fabric by Russell Drysdale for Silk and Textile Printers in 1946. Drysdale was among a group of Australian artists commissioned by this company, bringing images of the outback into the new spare, modern interiors of Australia’s postwar domestic, suburban environment. More details Click image to enlarge