David Rankin 'The Brothers' expressionism

David Rankin 'The Brothers' expressionismDavid Rankin is among Australias most accomplished artists. His work covers vast ground, from the Australian landscape to European history and family. In Brothers, he presents an expansive ode to fraternity. The image is strangely haunting, with its subject pared back to white markings. Swathes of red and purple fill the backdrop. In 1983 Rankin won the Wynne Prize. He is currently represented in numerous public collections including at the National

It’s hard to distinguish where feline and face begin

Blackman sees parallels between its protagonists

He was a master potter

'The Bay VIII' 1987

Having studied art movements from Impressionism to Modernism

'Alice on the Table' is inspired by Blackman's then wife Barbara

Chapter 6 and 7 V Majzner 2001

With Port Jackson Press Australia embossed seal in margin

Work of art illustrated is a representative work from the edition

the faces populating ‘Women’ (the series from which this work stems) are Auguste’s muses

'Untitled' 1997

which derives from the ‘The Philosophy of Objects’ series