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Toured by the Bundanon Trust. This exhibition spanned 60 years of Arthur Boyd’s career – from his first oil painting in 1933, spanning 4 generations of the Boyd family, the 81 works in this exhibition also included work by the friends of Arthur and Yvonne Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Joy Hester, Charles Blackman, Leonard French, Brett Whiteley, John Perceval and John Olsen.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
BFAG annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Chaulker, David (ed), Arthur Boyd: family and friends. West Cambewarra, NSW: Bundanon Trust, 1997.
ISBN 064634353X

Paintings and prints from the permanent collection of the MAGNT.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NT annual report

An NGV touring exhibition

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGV annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Hart, Deborah, John Olsen. Tortola, BVI : Craftsman House, c1991.
ISBN 9768097140

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Wollongong Art Museum annual report 1987

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NT annual report

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Heide exhibition archive; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
John Olsen: in search of open country 1961-1986. Bulleen, Vic: Heide Park and Art Gallery, c1986
ISBN 0947104003

Organised by AGWA, sponsored by the Christensen Fund. In 1982-1983 a team comprising John Olsen, Dame Mary Durack, Vincent Serventy, Geoffrey Dutton and others, made a 'modern’ exploration of the North-West of WA, John Olsen’s paintings and drawings from this expedition are a unique collection, which, with his sketch books, notes and photographs, form a complete record of experiences over 15 months and the results of his unrivalled talent to express the richness of colour, the diversity of life and the vastness of this country.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGWA annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Olsen, John …et al, The land beyond time : a modern exploration of Australia’s North-West frontiers. South Melbourne : Macmillan, 1984
ISBN 0333357051

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Newcastle Region Gallery exhibition archive

60 etchings, aquatints, colour lithographs and silkscreen prints from 1957-1981 show Olsen’s view of Australia and the 'myriad creatures’ that inhabit it. From the Christensen Fund Collection.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGWA annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
John Olsen: selected graphics. [Perth, WA]: Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1983
ISBN 0724467807

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

“The Australian Landscape” was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors’ Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements.
The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery.
The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed’. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover.
There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.