The Collection with Robert Hughes
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
Blue poles
1952
Fri 6 Oct 2023, 12pm
Triptych
1970
Pre-dawn
1960
Published 16 December 2010
The division of the arena [Division de plaza ou Plaza partida]
1825
Art & Artists
Referenced
Blue poles
1952
Woman V
1952-53
Untitled
1944
Plumage landscape
1947
Pre-dawn
1960
Sydney Harbour: A souvenir
c.1897
Sirius Cove
c1895
Victory girls
1943
Boy with cat 2
1943
In my studio, Paris
c.1937
Landscape '74
1974-75
Christie and Hectorina MacLennan
1964-65
House by the sea
1965
Diptych
1969
Nebuchadnezzar fallen in a field on fire
1967-68
The Angel of the Resurrection
1801
The division of the arena [Division de plaza ou Plaza partida]
1825
Triptych
1970
L'Oiseau dans l'espace [Bird in space]
c.1931-36
L'Oiseau dans l'espace [Bird in space]
c.1931-36
Stroyuschiysya dom [House under construction]
1915-16
Allegoria nuziale [Marriage or Nuptial allegory]
c.1737-47
