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Benalla Art Gallery
Botanical Gardens
Bridge Street
Benalla VIC 3672
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Nocturne: Benalla Art Gallery Collection
Nocturne: Benalla Art Gallery Collection
14 Jun 2024 – 29 Jun 2025
from French nocturne ‘of the night’
nocturne /nŏk′tûrn″/
noun
1. A painting of a night scene.An instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, especially one for the piano.
2. A night piece, or serenade.
3. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn’s “Midsummer-Night’s Dream” music.
Drawn from the Benalla Art Gallery Collection, Nocturne presents 40 works by 24 of Australia’s leading artists. Spanning all media, the exhibition explores multiple interpretations of the theme ‘nocturne’, specifically focussing on the scenes, sounds, and movements ‘of the night’.
Artists
Rick Amor
Atong Atem
Yvonne Audette
Charles Blackman
Jon Cattapan
Juan Davila
Janet Dawson
Juan Ford
Treahna Hamm (Firebrace)
Siri Hayes
Bill Henson
Robert Jacks
Roger Kemp
Lindy Lee
Stewart MacFarlane
Euan Macleod
Milan Milojevic
Mike Nicholls
Sidney Nolan
James Pepper
Andrew Sibley
Jacqui Stockdale
Tim Storrier
Albert Tucker
Image:
Yvonne AUDETTE
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1930
Harbour lights, Cantata series 1968-69
oil on composition board
75.4 x 90.9 cm [board]; 79.0 x 94.4 cm [frame] Gift of Yvonne Audette, 2005
2005.14
Benalla Art Gallery Collection
© Yvonne Audette / Copyright Agency 2022
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