Thomson's importance to the evolution of Australian abstract movement had been recognised by numerous awards and prizes
while his importance to the Australian cultural landscape has been recognised by representative holding of his works in all national and state galleries
he draws the human condition in all its complexities
It is this ability to feel both beauty and pain through paint that has secured Blackman’s place as one of Australia’s most enduring modernist voices
there are seldom transgressions that ask for such repentance
Judy CASSAB 'Trance' printmaking Thomson's importance to the evolutionA two time winner of the Archibald Prize, Judy Cassab AO CBE (1920 2015) was a portraitist of immense insight and imagination, seemingly able to capture not only a sitters likeness but the spirit of their times. As well as painting social luminaries, royals, fellow artists, family and friends, she was also a prolific draughtswoman, printmaker, and an acclaimed landscape artist. Today, Cassabs portraits reside in the British Royal Collection, National