‘Tom Roberts masterpieces on show at the National Gallery, Canberra‘, The Australian, 21 November 2015
Detailed background article on the exhibition which opens at the NGA on 4 December, gathering works from many state galleries.
On show will be works ranging from the big, muscular national narratives the artist is most famous for (Shearing the Rams, A Break Away!, Bailed Up, The Golden Fleece), delicate society portraits (Madame Pfund, Mrs LA Abrahams), and musical-themed symbolist paintings (Adagio), to lively studies of indigenous Australians (Aboriginal Head, Charlie Turner; Young Lubra, Cape York), depictions of serene working spaces (The Sculptor’s Studio, The Artists’ Camp), busy streetscapes (Allegro Con Brio, Bourke Street West) and jewelbox coastal landscapes (Slumbering Sea, Mentone; Holiday Sketch at Coogee).
Sasha Grishin notes the rearrangements at the NGA and reviews the Roberts exhibition.
