'A Wet Day at Tallarook' by John
Rowell
The Shepparton Art Gallery has a fine collection of colonial and contemporary paintings and works on paper.
Specialist areas of the collection include the work of female Modernists, the Melbourne ROAR studios and artists and works of the region. The first work purchased for the collection was 'A Wet Day at Tallarook' by John Rowell (pictured).
There are over 500 works on paper, including many prints from the 1970's when printmaking underwent a major revival. Artists include; George Baldessin, John Brack and John Peart.
The painting collection encompasses early colonial works by artists such as Eugene von Guerard and Louis Buvelot through to contemporary works by Peter Booth and Tony Tuckson.
Frederick McCubbin 'The Wood Sawyer'
c.1905
Rupert Bunny 'Drying her hair'
c.1910
Nora Gurdon 'Her son'
c.1920
Grace Cossington Smith 'Landscape with
peach' 1932
Clarice Beckett 'Road at Black Rock'
n.d