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Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection

Painting by Clarice Beckett showing a suburban street in 1930
Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection presents an intimate, rarely seen group of works 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, their freshness and vitality recently restored by extensive conservation treatment. This National Gallery Touring Exhibition is supported by The Australian Government through Visions of Australia. '[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
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  • Saturday 19 April 2025 - Sunday 25 May 2025

  • 2 Wellington Street, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250

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