The Reader 1962
98 x 86cms
Charcoal on paper

Cup 42/50
39 x 47cms
Etching

Alice: Heart Chair, 1979
20 x 13.5cms
Pencil/watercolour &
ink wash on paper

Alice: Chair Face, 1979
19.5 x 13cms
Pencil/watercolour &
ink wash on paper

Park: Big Dipper, 1951
47 x 56.5cms
Oil on paper on board

Cat's Face, 1987
20 x 27cms
Ink on paper

White Rabbit 38/75
68.5 x 49cms
Screenprint

Pink Alice 38/75
71.5 x 68.5cms
Screenprint

Alices Adventure 38/75
67 x 63cms
Screenprint

Alice in Garden A/P
57.5 x 78.5cms
Screenprint

Paris Dreaming
65 x 50cms
Screenprint

Trumpeters
19.5 x 14.5cms
Etching 2/30

Geogre Johnson
77 x 53cms
Charcoal on paper

James Joyce C. 1970's
77 x 53cms
Charcoal on paper

Portrait of Barry Stern 1968
76 x 52cms
Charcoal on paper

Satie C. 1983
83 x 59cms
Charcoal on paper

The Burmese Cat
44.5 x 59.5cms
Etching

Duo Pianist C. 1983
83 x 59cms
Charcoal on paper

Charles Blackman was born in Sydney in 1928. After studying at the East Sydney Technical school in the early 1940s he gained further technical skills working as a graphic artist on Sydney newspapers. By 1951 he had moved to Melbourne where he established himself amongst the contemporary art scene. Blackman mixed with artists Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval and with the Heidi circle and Contemporary Artist’s Society.

Parade
37 x 27.5cms
Screenprint

Bouquet Butterfly
35 x 49cms
Screenprint

Nude
15 x 9.5cms
Pencil on paper

Ding Dong Dell
50.5 x 40cms
Drypoint 1/20

Aladdin's Genie
50.5 x 40cms
Drypoint 1/20

Little Bo Peep
50.5 x 40cms
Drypoint 1/20

Charles Blackman had his first major exhibition in 1953. It was highly acclaimed by newspaper critic Allan McCulloch. At this time Blackman created a unique series of works based on the Schoolgirl theme. They encompassed the artist’s emotional perspective of Melbourne city life. These key works were the precursors to the artist’s famous Alice in Wonderland series created in 1956-57. In 1960, Blackman won the Helena Rubinstein Travelling Scholarship enabling him to develop an international reputation.

Hi-Diddle the Cat & the Fiddle
50.5 x 40cms
Drypoint 1/20

The Pursuant Cat
40 x 50cms
Drypoint 1/20

Fire Won't Burn Stick
40 x 50cms
Drypoint 1/20

Touching II
14.5 x 20cms
Etching

Sleeping Beauty I (edition of 90)
24 x 24cms
Etching

Butterfly
30.5 x 38.5cms
Watercolour on paper

Hickory Dickory Dock
40 x 50cms
Drypoint 1/20

I Love Tom Jones, 1969
39 x 55cms
Screenprint

Passage 1966-67
75.5 x 55cms
Lithograph

Moroccans 1961
23 x 14cms
Pencil on paper

Waves 1967
55 x 74cms
Charcoal on paper

Waterfall
92.5 x 63.5cms
Screenprint

Sell-out shows continued in Australia during the 1960s and 1970s culminating in Charles Blackman being awarded the OBE and Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal. In later years he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his services to the arts by Sydney University. Charles Blackman’s works are in all major Australian galleries and museums as well as in international collections. In 1993 Blackman’s important contribution to Australian art was acknowledged with an extraordinary retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria and toured around Australia. The artist’s unique vision explores the emotive and intuitive. Through these devices Blackman has produced powerful images dealing with childhood, femininity and domesticity. This year the National Gallery of Victoria is honoring the artist by celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of his creation of the Alice in Wonderland series. After a career spanning more than five decades Charles Blackman is now ranked as one of Australia’s most important artists in Australian 20th-century art.

Viaduct People C. 1950's
24.5 x 38cms
Ink on paper

Face and Birds, C. 1978
15.5 x 21cms
Pencil on paper

Cats Garden
44.5 x 60cms
Etching

Angel with Flowers C. 1958
28.5 x 35.5cms
Ink on paper

Red Nude, C 1970’s
102 x 122cms
Oil on canva

Three Wise Men C. 1958
23 x 23cms
Charcoal on paper

Untitled (Legs) C. 1978
21 x 15.5cms
Pencil on paper

The Mirror, C 1968
173 x 137cms
Oil on canvas