Summary
Gum trees painted by Nina Chelleri, between the 1970s-1990s. Nina migrated to Australia from Croatia in 1953 with her mother and brother, her father having migrated before them. Nina's mother Helen was an artist, who worked painting pottery at a number of commercial Melbourne studio's and then later teaching painting from home. This painting by Nina represents the passing down of skills from one generation to the next.
Physical Description
Framed oil painting. There several gum trees on the foreground, with low purple hills in the distance. The sky is depicted in blue, white and yellow. The artist uses textured paint work to depict the clouds, hills and canopies of the trees. It has been signed by the artist in the lower left corner.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Nina Chelleri, 20 Jun 2002
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Artist
Mrs Nina Chelleri, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970s-1990s
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Inscriptions
Signed: N. Chelleri.
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overall dimensions
31.5 cm (Length), 3 cm (Width), 30.5 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Artistic Practices, Ceramics, Croatian Communities, Croatian Immigration, Displaced Persons, Immigration, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, 1939-1945