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src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/freedman_self-portrait-late-60s-early-70s-120x120.jpg" alt="Victoria’s State Artist: Harold Freedman" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/victorias-state-artist-harold-freedman/" title="Permalink to Victoria’s State Artist: Harold Freedman" rel="bookmark">Victoria’s State Artist: Harold Freedman</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">December 10, 2024</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/" rel="category tag">Ask a librarian</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/" rel="category tag">Painting</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/victorian-history/" rel="category tag">Victorian history</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Victoria's State Artist: Harold Freedman' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/victorias-state-artist-harold-freedman/' data-summary='Cavalacde of Transport, The Story of Fire and The history of Australian thoroughbred racing are some of Melbourne's largest and most seen artworks. These were from the hands of Harold Freedman, locally born and bred, whose exploration of monumental art came later in his life.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Cavalacde of Transport, The Story of Fire and The history of Australian thoroughbred racing are some of Melbourne’s largest and most seen artworks. These were from the hands of Harold Freedman, locally born and bred, whose exploration of monumental art came later in his life. </p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Victoria's State Artist: Harold Freedman' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/victorias-state-artist-harold-freedman/' data-summary='Cavalacde of Transport, The Story of Fire and The history of Australian thoroughbred racing are some of Melbourne's largest and most seen artworks. These were from the hands of Harold Freedman, locally born and bred, whose exploration of monumental art came later in his life.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-71891 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-digitisation category-painting tag-arts tag-covid tag-flemington tag-lockdowns tag-pandemics tag-refugees"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/just-digitised-high-rise-towers/" title="Just digitised: High rise towers"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/High-Rise-1-120x120.png" alt="A painting shows the residents of the housing commission tower in Flemington during the temporary lockdown in July 2020." class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/just-digitised-high-rise-towers/" title="Permalink to Just digitised: High rise towers" rel="bookmark">Just digitised: High rise towers</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">September 22, 2023</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/collection-care/digitisation/" rel="category tag">Digitisation</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/" rel="category tag">Painting</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Just digitised: High rise towers' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/just-digitised-high-rise-towers/' data-summary='The painting 'High rise towers' looks at the lockdown imposed on the residents of the Flemington commission units in 2020.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>The painting ‘High rise towers’ looks at the lockdown imposed on the residents of the Flemington commission units in 2020.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Just digitised: High rise towers' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/just-digitised-high-rise-towers/' data-summary='The painting 'High rise towers' looks at the lockdown imposed on the residents of the Flemington commission units in 2020.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-54422 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-painting category-visual-arts tag-arts tag-diaries tag-drawing tag-painting"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/vali-myers-australian-artist/" title="Vali Myers: Australian artist"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/H208.466.173-Vali-and-Foxy-1972-120x120.jpg" alt="Vali Myers: Australian artist" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/vali-myers-australian-artist/" title="Permalink to Vali Myers: Australian artist" rel="bookmark">Vali Myers: Australian artist</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">March 1, 2022</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/" rel="category tag">Painting</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/visual-arts/" rel="category tag">Visual arts</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Vali Myers: Australian artist' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/vali-myers-australian-artist/' data-summary='Vali Myers (1930-2003) was known as a free-thinking artist and dancer who lived a unique bohemian life that was true to herself. Her archive held by the Library spans her life overseas and her return to Australia.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Vali Myers (1930-2003) was known as a free-thinking artist and dancer who lived a unique bohemian life that was true to herself. Her archive held by the Library spans her life overseas and her return to Australia. </p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Vali Myers: Australian artist' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/vali-myers-australian-artist/' data-summary='Vali Myers (1930-2003) was known as a free-thinking artist and dancer who lived a unique bohemian life that was true to herself. Her archive held by the Library spans her life overseas and her return to Australia.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-48461 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collection-spotlights category-painting tag-artists tag-painting tag-port-phillip-bay"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/journey-through-the-collection-rick-amor/" title="Journey through the collection: Rick Amor"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WESTGATE-1-120x120.jpg" alt="Journey through the collection: Rick Amor" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/journey-through-the-collection-rick-amor/" title="Permalink to Journey through the collection: Rick Amor" rel="bookmark">Journey through the collection: Rick Amor</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">September 3, 2021</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/collection-spotlights/" rel="category tag">Collection spotlights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/" rel="category tag">Painting</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Journey through the collection: Rick Amor' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/journey-through-the-collection-rick-amor/' data-summary='These works by Rick Amor depict a quiet Port Phillip Bay, where constructions stand among nature, bearing the stains of passing time.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>These works by Rick Amor depict a quiet Port Phillip Bay, where constructions stand among nature, bearing the stains of passing time.</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Journey through the collection: Rick Amor' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/journey-through-the-collection-rick-amor/' data-summary='These works by Rick Amor depict a quiet Port Phillip Bay, where constructions stand among nature, bearing the stains of passing time.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="post-38379 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-our-stories category-painting category-photography tag-art-history tag-painting tag-photography"> <div class="post-thumb"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/extract-from-true-portraiture-david-roberts-the-holy-land-and-francis-friths-photographic-prints-of-egyptian-antiquities/" title="Extract from ‘True portraiture: David Roberts’ The Holy Land and Francis Frith’s Photographic prints of Egyptian antiquities’"><img src="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Francis-Frith-120x120.jpg" alt="Francis Frith in exotic Middle Eastern dress" class="Thumbnail thumbnail loop " width="120" height="120" /></a></div> <div class="post-content"> <h2> <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/extract-from-true-portraiture-david-roberts-the-holy-land-and-francis-friths-photographic-prints-of-egyptian-antiquities/" title="Permalink to Extract from ‘True portraiture: David Roberts’ The Holy Land and Francis Frith’s Photographic prints of Egyptian antiquities’" rel="bookmark">Extract from ‘True portraiture: David Roberts’ The Holy Land and Francis Frith’s Photographic prints of Egyptian antiquities’</a> </h2> <div class="recent-meta"> <p class="date">June 27, 2019</p> </div><div class="clear"></div> <div class="entry"> <p class="cat"><a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/" rel="category tag">Our stories</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/" rel="category tag">Painting</a>, <a href="https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/photography/" rel="category tag">Photography</a>:</p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Extract from 'True portraiture: David Roberts' The Holy Land and Francis Frith's Photographic prints of Egyptian antiquities'' data-link='https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/arts/painting/extract-from-true-portraiture-david-roberts-the-holy-land-and-francis-friths-photographic-prints-of-egyptian-antiquities/' data-summary='Europe went crazy for all things Egyptian in the early 19th century, which helps explain why the Library's collection includes rare works by two famous Egyptologists: painter David Roberts and photographer Francis Frith.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Europe went crazy for all things Egyptian in the early 19th century, which helps explain why the Library’s collection includes rare works by two famous Egyptologists: painter David Roberts and 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