TASMANIAN LANDSCAPE

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DAVID KEELING (B. 1951)
TASMANIAN LANDSCAPE
signed and dated 'D. Keeling/90' (lower right); inscribed with title and date 'Tasmanian/Landscape/1990' and further titled on gallery label (on the reverse)
oil on linen
76.4 x 106.6 cm
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Provenance

Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Acquired from the above by Tony Palmer, Sydney in 1990

Exhibited

Melbourne, Niagara Galleries, David Keeling, 10-27 October 1990, cat. no. 19

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Lot Essay

David Keeling constructs intruiging landscape paintings that are informed by Tasmamian regionalism and the great traditions of Italian Renaissance; in particular to this painting Piero della Francesca. His colour and craftmanship are pure Italian Renaissance but his subject matter is the political present.

In the syle of Gainsborough and Glover he paints the Tasmanian landscape plotted, pegged-out and sub-divided by the ever-present developers. The end result is unique; painting of the past inspired by the contemporary political situation in which the artist lives.

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