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Artist' Luck, 2020, mobile selfie. |
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Frederick McCubbin. Down on His Luck, 1889, oil on canvas, 115 x 153 cm (detail). |
These times are being likened to the 1930s Great Depression. The 1890s were also a time of Depression after the Land Boom. I live where the Australia Impressionists painted.
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No more 5 pm, 2020, mobile selfie. |
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John Brack, Collins St, 5p.m, 1955, oil on canvas, 114.8 × 162.8 cm. NGV collection. |
‘...Brack depicts Melbourne’s financial centre hub at the end of the working day, uniformly dressed office-workers stream homeward...’ NGV website