John Brack b. 1920

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A painter and printmaker, John Brack is considered one of Australia's most significant artists, whose subject matter was resolutely urban, modern life. Brack's extensive body of work across several decades is largely defined by its caustic realism, sense of alienation and sense of humour.
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John Brack was a painter and printmaker. The First Fleet 1987, oil on canvas 122 × 91.5 cm, Art Gallery of South Australia (gift of the ANZ Bank on the occasion of Australia’s Bicentenary 1988) shows a marble table with wooden hands in front of mirror on wall with seven postcards stuck to it – at the centre is the Port Jackson Painter’s view of First Government House, Sydney.

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