Yosl Bergner 'Kafka’s Vulture' still life

Yosl Bergner 'Kafka’s Vulture' still lifeYosl Bergner is one of Australias most important artists. Born in Austria and raised in Poland, he and his family immigrated to Australia in 1937 to escape anti semitism. In Melbourne, Bergner attended the National Art School and befriended the Heide circle, who included Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and John Perceval. It was alongside Noel Coulihan and Vic OConnor however, that Bergner made his indeminable mark. Self described as a social humanist,

Both sweet and fierce

This work draws you into a tranquil inner world where figure

19th Century Artist

Field to Figuration at the National Gallery of Victoria (1986) and numerous exhibitions of the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW

In 1966 Jacks staged his first solo exhibition

The print is wrapped in archival tissue paper and securely packed in a special crush proof box

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the hotel has evolved into a temporary site for contemporary art

a 1976 American neo-noir action thriller

Seagulls punctuate rolling grass

For critic John McDonald

an encounter with a statue becomes heavy with alienation