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Brett Whiteley - Brett Whiteley was born in Sydney in 1939 and died in Thirroul, NSW in 1992.

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Brett Whiteley: abstract expressionist - His work is often described as abstract expressionist and surrealist.

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Emily Kame Kngwarreye - Emily Kame Kngwarreye was born in 1910, in Utopia, NT and died in 1996 in Alice Springs, NT.

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Indigenous - Kngwarreye is among the most successful contemporary indigenous artists.

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Terrain - Much of her work resembled terrain or rivers.

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Sidney Nolan - Sidney Nolan was one of Australia's most prominent artists during the 20th Century. He was born in Melbourne in 1917 and died in London in 1992.

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Patricia Piccinini - Patricia Piccinini's installations focus on how technology affects humanity. She's lived in Australia all her life but was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1965.

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Fiona Margaret Hall - Hall is a photographer and sculptor from Oatley, just outside Sydney. She represented Australia at the 56th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 2015.

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Margaret Olley - Olley was born in Lismore, NSW in 1923 and died in Sydney in 2011.

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90 exhibits - She had over 90 solo exhibitions in her lifetime. 

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Arthur Boyd - Boyd was born in Murrumbeena, NSW in 1920 and died in Melbourne in 1992.  

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Impressionism - Impressionism, landscapes and expressionist figures were the styles Boyd most often employed. 

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Antipodeans - Boyd was part of the Antipodeans movement, modern Australian artists who emphasized figurative art with a message rather than abstraction. 

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Family of artists - Boyd came from a long line of artists including Emma Minnie Boyd and Arthur Merric Boyd. 

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Philathropy - Arthur Boyd donated 1,100 hectares of his family's land to the Australian people, along with some of his work. 

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Gloria Petyarre - Petyarre was born in Mosquito Bore, Utopia, NT in 1938 and her work is part of permanent collections at the National Gallery of Australia and 10 others.

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Arthur Streeton - Arthur Streeton was born in 1867, Mount Duneed, VIC and died in 1943, Olinda, VIC, near Melbourne.  

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$3.5 million - The National Gallery of Australia bought a Streeton for $3.5 million in 1995, the most money ever paid for an Australian painting. 

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Australian landscape - Streeton painted droughts, warfare and the Australian landscape. 

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Australian War Memorial - His work is in many museums including the National Gallery of Australia and the Australian War Memorial. 

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Frederick McCubbin - McCubbin was born in 1855, West Melbourne and died in the South Yarra suburb of Melbourne in 1917.  

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Heidelberg School - McCubbin was a leading figure in the Heidelberg School, otherwise known as Australian Impressionism.  

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$2.3 million - A McCubbin once sold for $2.3 million, which was the record price for an Australian artwork at the time. 

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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri - Tjapaltjarri was born in Alice Springs, NT in 1932 and died there in 2002.

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Dot and circle artist - Tjapaltjarri is among the most successful Australian Aboriginal dot and circle artists.

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British Royal Collection - His work is in the British Royal Collection, the National Gallery of Australia and many others.

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Thea Proctor - Proctor was born in Armidale, NSW in 1879 and died in the Sydney suburb of Potts Point in 1966.


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Charles Conder - Conder was born in 1868, London before moving to Australia when he was 16-years-old. 

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Australian Impressionism - Conder was a major figure in the Heidelberg School, or Australian Impressionism, and died just outside of London in 1909. 

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