Auguste Blackman 'Bouquet at Dusk' landscape

Auguste Blackman 'Bouquet at Dusk' landscapeDuring the European Renaissance, depictions of flowers became a way for an artist or patron to communicate their worldliness. A painting of a non native plant indicated that its creator had access to among the most rare and fleeting of beauties. In this work, Auguste Blackman eschews this notion to instead, prize a flower close to home. 'Bouquet at Dusk' is a sumptuous ode to gum tree blossoms. It evokes the plants impact, which sees a flame of

Dimensions: 64 x 44 cm

yet there exists affection and a familiarity in Rimmer’s photography of the landscape and the people and animals living in this seldom visited corner of Africa which is instantly identifiable

a final dance before the fire dies

‘Tsunamai (sic)’ is a compositional wipe out

with its subject pared back to white markings

Bergner and his fellow social realists forged a bracingly political vision

it is intrepid in subject and spirit

In this painting Victor Rubin leads with feeling over exactness

diptych there are two sheets

Nightfall grapples with his wife Barbara Blackman’s encroaching blindness

Perceval stood apart for his instinctive

‘Daybreak’