Nude with Dressing Gown

Painting by John Brack

Nude With Dressing Gown
ArtistJohn Brack
Year1967
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions115.7 cm × 81.5 cm (45.6 in × 32.1 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Nude With Dressing Gown is a 1967 painting by Australian artist John Brack. The painting depicts a nude woman putting on a dressing gown. Unusually for a Brack nude, the painting is a not a formal sitting; instead the subject is "caught ... in a more private moment as she modestly dons a gown".[1]

If his subject was not glowing with an almost fluorescent, irradiated green, this would be one of Brack's most sensual pictures. His model is lithe, adorned with a fashionable 1960s-style bob. She is far from Rubenesque, but the twist of hip is distinctly feminine. ... But any sensuality is counterbalanced by Brack's garish colouration.

— Ashley Crawford, [1]

The work is part of the Joseph Brown Collection at the National Gallery of Victoria.

References

  1. ^ a b Crawford, Ashley (16 December 2006). "A strangeness stripped bare". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

External links

  • Nude with Dressing Gown - National Gallery of Victoria collection.
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John Brack
Paintings
  • The New House (1953)
  • Men's Wear (1953)
  • Three of the Players (1953)
  • The Block (1954)
  • The Bar (1954)
  • Collins St., 5 pm (1955)
  • The Car (1955)
  • First Daughter (1955)
  • The Boucher Nude (1957)
  • Laughing Child (1958)
  • The Breakfast Table (1958)
  • Two Running Girls (1959)
  • Nude with Dressing Gown (1967)
  • Latin American Grand Final (1969)
Related
  • Antipodeans


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