Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery is the oldest and largest regional art gallery in Australia. Established in 1884 by the citizens of Ballarat both the building and part of its collection is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Gallery houses major collections covering the history of Australian art from the early colonial period to the present day and is well known for housing the original Eureka Flag.[1]

The Gallery is located at 40 Lydiard Street Ballarat and is in easy walking distance of the Ballarat train station and Town Hall. The Gallery runs an education program for students which meets Victorian curriculum requirements.

The original premises were rented, but the foundation stone for the present Gallery building was laid in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Ballarat Fine Art Gallery is the oldest Art Gallery building in Australia designed and still in use as an Art Gallery.[2]

The building was extended to accommodate the expanding collection of contemporary works, temporary exhibits and gallery functions. The recent extension was designed by Peddle Thorp Architects.[3]

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[edit] Collection

The collection includes works from: Fred Williams, Sidney Nolan, Clarice Beckett, Arthur Boyd, Rupert Bunny, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Rick Amor, Heinrich Bűrkel, Louis Buvelot, William Barak, Charles Conder, Thomas Flintoff, S T Gill John Glover, Joy Hester, Hans Heysen, Nora Heysen, Norman Lindsay, Howard Arkley, E. Phillips Fox, Robert Jacks,George Johnson, Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, William Barak, George Bell, William Henry Bartlett (1858-1932), Charles Blackman, Merric Boyd, Arthur Boyd, John Brack, Charles Conder,Nicholas Chevalier, David Davies (artist), Janet Dawson, Robert Hawker Dowling and Eugene von Guerard.

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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Lydiard Street

Interior of Gallery

Interior of Gallery

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Collection
  2. ^ Visual Arts. Balarat History. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  3. ^ Peddle Thorp Melbourne

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