Lloyd Rees: Drawings

One of the pre-eminent landscape artists of his age, Lloyd Rees was a skilled painter, draughtsman and printmaker.

He sought to build upon the legacy of the European landscape painting, taking inspiration from artists such as Corot and Turner while also drawing from the Australian landscape tradition. 

His approach varied throughout his life from the precise analytical drawings and paintings produced during the 1920s and 30s, through the rhythmic, more sombre works of the 1940s and 50s, to the visions of light that characterised his late works.

This commemorative exhibition drew on the Gallery's holdings and a substantial number of drawings from the artist's estate.