International art
Kazimir Malevich Stroyuschiysya dom [House under construction] 1915-16, oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Australia more detail
The international art collection is essentially modern; the representation of European and American art parallels the recorded history of Australian art over the past 200 years and finds its strength in the 20th century.
The collection develops from the beginning of the 19th century in a variety of media which includes painting and sculpture, a strong collection of prints, posters, illustrated books and drawings, a near-complete representation of the history of photography, and an excellent representation of theatre arts, and decorative arts and design.
One of the Gallery's best-known works is Jackson Pollock's Blue poles 1952, acquired in 1973. Other highlights include Willem de Kooning's Woman V 1952–53 and Constantin Brancusi's two versions of Bird in Space 1931–36. As well as the collections of European and American art, the Gallery's international collection includes small but select groups of objects and textiles from Africa, and from indigenous North and South America.
- Old Masters on loan
- International painting and sculpture collection
- International prints, drawings, multiples and illustrated books collection
New acquisition highlights
- 2008 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2007 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2006 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2005 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2004 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2003 Listing | Gallery of seleced works
Related exhibitions
- After image:screenprints of Andy Warhol
- Against the grain: Helen Frankenthaler woodcuts
- An artist abroad: the prints of James McNeill Whistler
- Anne Dangar at Moly-Sabata: tradition and innovation
- Bill Viola: The Passions
- Chihuly: masterworks in glass
- Constable: impressions of land, sea and sky
- Dance hall days: French posters from Chéret to Toulouse-Lautrec
- First impressions the early history of lithography – a comparative survey
- French paintings: from the Musée Fabre, Montpellier
- Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera & Mexican modernism: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
- Gary Hill & Bruce Nauman: new international media art
- Hockney masterworks in paint
- In a flash
- Jackson Pollock: before Blue Poles
- Matisse: the art of drawing
- Monet & Japan
- Monet to Moore: The Millennium Gift of Sara Lee Corporation
- Natural causes
- New worlds from old: 19th Century Australian and American landscapes
- Not a super highway: Nam June Paik’s cars for the 20th century
- Picasso & The Vollard Suite
- Pierre Bonnard: observing nature
- Printed light: photographic vision and the modern print
- Read my lips: Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman
- Rembrandt: a genius and his impact
- Revealing the Holy land: the photographic exploration of Palestine
- Revolutionary Russians
- Rosenquist: Welcome to the water planet
- Rough cuts: European figurative prints from Gauguin to Paladino
- Rodin: sculpture and drawings
- Sean Scully: body of light
- Secession: modern art and design in Austria & Germany 1890s–1920s
- Sol LeWitt: drawings, prints and books 1968-1988
- Stella & Tyler: masterworks in print
- The big Americans: the art of collaboration
- The Book of Kells: & the art of illumination
- The universal soldier: John Walker's Passing Bells
- The Italians: three centuries of Italian art
- War: The prints of Otto Dix
Select publications
all works are National Gallery of Australia publications unless otherwise stated
An artist abroad: the prints of James McNeill Whistler Jane Kinsman, 2005
Building the collection Pauline Green, editor, 2003
Douglas Annand: the art of life Anne McDonald, 2001
French paintings from the Musée Fabre, Montpellier Michel Hilaire, Jörg Zutter and Olivier Zeder, editors, 2003
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican modernism: the Jacques and Natasha Gelman collection Anthony White editor, 2001
Lucian Freud: after Cézanne, 2001
Monet and Japan 2001
Pierre Bonnard: observing nature Jörg Zutter, editor, 2003
Rodin: sculpture and drawings 2001
Sean Scully: body of light, 2004
Secession: modern art and design in Austria and Germany 1890s–1920s Christine Dixon, 2000
for more National Gallery of Australia publications visit the library catalogue online
More information
Lucian Freud After Cézanne
Ron Mueck Pregnant woman
artonview articles related to the International Prints collection
For general inquiries contact International.Art@nga.gov.au