Clarice Beckett
Paintings from the National Collection
24 Aug – 24 Nov 2024
Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC
Clarice Beckett, Bay Road, 1930, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1971
About
'[My artistic aim is] to give a sincere and truthful representation of a portion of the beauty of Nature and to show the charm of light and shade, which I try to set forth in correct tones so as to give as nearly as possible an exact illusion of reality.'
Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection presents an intimate, rarely seen collection by one of the most original artists of early twentieth century Australia.
Deeply sensitive to the effects of colour, light and atmosphere, Beckett painted the life and scenery of her coastal home in south-east Naarm/Melbourne with an eye for the commonplace and fleeting effects of nature. Her work captures a world on the cusp of modernisation, evoking both the natural environment and simple pleasures of suburbia.
In 1972, the artist’s sister Hilda Mangan donated a group of Beckett’s works to the National Gallery. It is this collection that will be on view for the first time, their freshness and vitality recently restored by extensive conservation treatment.
Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection is a National Gallery Touring Exhibition supported by The Australian Government through Visions of Australia.
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Dates & Venues
Touring Dates
- Cairns Art Gallery, QLD
8 Mar – 19 May 2024 - Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre, SA
14 Jun – 28 Jul 2024 - Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC
24 Aug – 24 Nov 2024 - Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
6 Dec 2024 – 9 Mar 2025 - Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, TAS
19 Apr – 25 May 2025
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Published 06 October 2023
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