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The road to Berry
Lloyd Rees1947
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Rees painted 'The road to Berry' in Gerringong, on the south coast of New South Wales, looking into the distance towards the road that led to Berry. The painting came to have special significance to a number of younger artists, including John Olsen and Brett Whiteley:
"'The road to Berry' is a tiny picture I remember painting from under a copse of trees ... and I just remember a small canvas and a sort of rhythmical movement that just happened; I was always amazed at the attraction it had ... I was never able to repeat that little picture, and that's a good thing."
- Lloyd Rees 1987
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
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Details
- Title: The road to Berry
- Creator: Lloyd Rees
- Creator Lifespan: 1895 - 1988
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Creator Birth Place: Yeronga, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Date Created: 1947
- Physical Dimensions: 34.6 x 42.2 cm board; 46.3 x 53.6 x 4.5 cm frame
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Purchased 1947 © AGNSW
- Medium: oil on canvas on paperboard
- Signature & Date: Signed l.r. corner, brown oil "L REES [obscured by frame]". Not dated.
- Artist Country: Australia
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