Robert Dowling:
Tasmanian son of Empire

Robert Dowling holds a special place in the history of Australian art. He was the first artist to be trained in Australia and was renowned for his paintings of pastoralists and their properties, Indigenous people and biblical themes. This is the first major exhibition of his oeuvre, including his much-lauded oriental subjects.

Venues

• 6 March – 25 April 2010 | Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
• 8 May – 11 July 2010 | Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC

• 24 July – 3 October 2010 | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra,  ACT

Robert Dowling ‘Mrs Adolphus Sceales with Black Jimmie on Merrang Station ’ 1855–56 (detail)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased from the Founding Donor Fund 1984

In the Japanese manner:
Australian prints 1900 –1940

In the Japanese manner highlights the work of Australian artists inspired by the traditional Japanese woodblock printing art of ukiyo-e. This exhibition presents a rare opportunity to observe how Australian artists adapted the style and technique of Japanese woodblock printing to form a distinctly Australian aesthetic. The influences of Japanese art initially came to prominence in Europe in the 1850s through woodblock prints. Their radical forms, cropped figures, flat colours and unique compositions transformed the art world at the time and by the 1900s this influence had spread to Australia. Its effect on the art world was revolutionary.

The artists selected for In the Japanese manner represent some of the most well known in Australian art including Paul Haefliger, Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Ethel Spowers, Lionel Lindsay, Violet Teague and Napier Waller.View more

Venues

• 19 June – 1 August 2010 | Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Booragul NSW
• 8 September – 31 October 2010 | Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Mornington VIC
• Further venues to be announced

Murray Griffin 'Cannas' 1935 colour linocut, Collection of the National Gallery of Australia

McCubbin: Last Impressions
1907–17

Discover Frederick McCubbin’s rarely displayed later works and experience his striking use of colour in the first McCubbin exhibition to be held in almost 20 years. See this iconic Australian artist in a new light as he depicted a modern Australia in cityscapes, sea views, landscapes and portraits.  View more

Venues

• 12 Dec 2009 – 28 Mar 2010 | Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA

• 24 April – 25 July 2010 | Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Vic

Frederick MCCUBBIN 'The old slip, Williamstown' 1915 oil on canvas, Private Collection

The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift

The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn gift enables people from all around Australia to discover and handle treasured objects. Made possible by Jim Wolfensohn, the Australian-born former president of the World Bank, the gift comprises three art-filled suitcases and the 1888 Melbourne Cup.  The NGA has been touring Wolfensohn gifts to schools, libraries, community centres, regional galleries and nursing homes across Australia since 1990.View more

Venues

• Please view itinerary here

Karl Millard 'Lizard Grinder' 2000 brass, bronze, copper, sterling silver, money metal, Peugeot mechanism, stainless steel screws, Collection of the National Gallery of Australia