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The Collection with Robert Hughes

Published 2021

An ABC production from 1976, this documentary follows Robert Hughes looking at the development of the national collection. Featuring the Gallery's inaugural Director James Mollison, the documentary was filmed when the National Gallery building was still in construction.

Featured Works of Art

Jackson Pollock

Blue poles
1952

Willem de Kooning

Woman V
1952-53

Arshile Gorky

Untitled
1944

Arshile Gorky

Plumage landscape
1947

Hans Hofmann

Pre-dawn
1960

Arthur Streeton

Sydney Harbour: A souvenir
c.1897

Arthur Streeton

Sirius Cove
c1895

Albert Tucker

Victory girls
1943

John Perceval

Boy with cat 2
1943

Kathleen O'Connor

In my studio, Paris
c.1937

Art & Artists

Referenced

Jackson Pollock
Blue poles
1952

Willem de Kooning
Woman V
1952-53

Arshile Gorky
Untitled
1944

Arshile Gorky
Plumage landscape
1947

Hans Hofmann
Pre-dawn
1960

Arthur Streeton
Sydney Harbour: A souvenir
c.1897

Arthur Streeton
Sirius Cove
c1895

Albert Tucker
Victory girls
1943

John Perceval
Boy with cat 2
1943

Kathleen O'Connor
In my studio, Paris
c.1937

Fred Williams
Landscape '74
1974-75

Brett Whiteley
Christie and Hectorina MacLennan
1964-65

Ian Fairweather
House by the sea
1965

Michael Taylor
Diptych
1969

Arthur Boyd
Nebuchadnezzar fallen in a field on fire
1967-68

Benjamin West
The Angel of the Resurrection
1801

Francisco Goya
The division of the arena [Division de plaza ou Plaza partida]
1825

Francis Bacon
Triptych
1970

Constantin Brancusi
L'Oiseau dans l'espace [Bird in space]
c.1931-36

Constantin Brancusi
L'Oiseau dans l'espace [Bird in space]
c.1931-36

Kazimir Malevich
Stroyuschiysya dom [House under construction]
1915-16

Giambattista Tiepolo
Allegoria nuziale [Marriage or Nuptial allegory]
c.1737-47