Monday, May 6, 2024

Craig - Heysen - Boyd - Whisson

Sybil Craig
Peggy
ca. 1932
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Sybil Craig
Calendar Design with Chorus Girls
1930
gouache on paper
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Sybil Craig
Flowers in a Vase
ca. 1930-40
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Sybil Craig
Cast of Sculpted Foot in Sandal
ca. 1924
drawing
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Nora Heysen
London Breakfast
1935
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Nora Heysen
Self Portrait
1932
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Nora Heysen
Fruit in a Yellow Bowl
1930
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Nora Heysen
The Red Cabbage
1933
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Arthur Boyd
Boat Builders, Eden
ca. 1948
oil and tempera on board
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Arthur Boyd
The Mining Town: Casting the Money-Lenders from the Temple
ca. 1946
oil and tempera on board
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Arthur Boyd
The Old Man of the Sea
1949-50
glazed earthenware tile
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Arthur Boyd
Spanish Woman with a Bull
1962-63
glazed earthenware tile
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Ken Whisson
Tobias and the Angel
1973
oil on panel
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Ken Whisson
Two Animals
1964
oil on board
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Ken Whisson
Flag Painting
1976
oil on board
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Ken Whisson
Naked at the Airport
1972
oil on board
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

from The Sea and the Mirror

Alonso:

But should you fail to keep your kingdom
And, like your father before you, come
Where thought accuses and feeling mocks,
Believe your pain: praise the scorching rocks
For their desiccation of your lust,
Thank the bitter treatment of the tide
For its dissolution of your pride,
That the whirlwind may arrange your will
And the deluge release it to find
The spring in the desert, the fruitful
Island in the sea, where flesh and mind
Are delivered from mistrust. 

Blue the sky beyond her humming sail
As I sit to-day by our ship's rail
Watching exuberant porpoises
Escort us homeward and writing this
For you to open when I am gone:
Read it, Ferdinand, with the blessing
Of Alonso, your father, once King
Of Naples, now ready to welcome
Death, but rejoicing in a new love,
A new peace, having heard the solemn
Music strike and seen the statue move
To forgive our illusion.

– W.H. Auden (1942-44)