Only a fraction of what the NSW Art Gallery owns is on display at any one time. The remainder of its collection is held in storage at a specially designed … Continue reading A Study in Brown – Part Six – The Last One Who Remembers
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A Study in Brown – Part Five – What do the Newspapers have to say?
My go-to place when researching is the newspapers of the day, and the Australian National Library makes this easy. They digitise an ever-increasing number of Australian newspapers, plus many other … Continue reading A Study in Brown – Part Five – What do the Newspapers have to say?
A Study in Brown – Part Four – More Mysterious Hints
Norman St. Clair Carter was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1875. He studied at the Melbourne National Gallery School and under Phillips Fox and was apprenticed to a stained-glass maker. For 28 years … Continue reading A Study in Brown – Part Four – More Mysterious Hints