A Distant Prospect – ISBN 9780987435101

Art

Click to visit Peter's Etsy shop — Peter Brandt expertly hand copies your photographs onto calico, in pastel and charcoal. Last week, I posted Annette’s photo on Facebook for her birthday. The next day, Peter surprised us with this beautiful copy! As Peter says on his website, “Send me a photo and I’ll draw it for you! […]

Amazing portraits in pastel and charcoal by Peter Brandt!

August 29, 2014 in Art by francis

Della Sotheby’s high society mother always stayed up to date, so The Home magazine was essential to her thoroughly modern household. Quoting a 1929 advertisement: “The Home is the one authority in Australia in matters of good taste and has come to be recognised as one of the finest journals […]

The Home Magazine (1920-1942)

August 23, 2013 in Art / Della Sotheby / Sydney by francis

Annette Young at Sydney Moderns, Art Gallery of NSW, 23 August 2013 — Until October 7, catch Sydney moderns, art for a new world at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, showcasing art and photography from the 1920s and 1930s. Featuring the iconic The Bridge in-curve 1930, by Grace Cossington Smith, which is also the cover art of A Distant Prospect, the […]

Sydney Moderns at the Art Gallery of NSW

July 7, 2013 in Art / Events / Morgan Straughan / Sydney by francis