{"product_id":"charles-blackman-untitled-ii-original-signed-ink-on-paper-42cm-x-28-5cm","title":"CHARLES BLACKMAN \"Untitled II\" Original, Signed Ink on Paper 42cm x 28.5cm","description":"\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eCHARLES BLACKMAN (1928 - 2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Ink on Artist Paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eTitled \u0026amp; Dated: Untitled II, 22\/9\/2004\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eHand Signed: Lower Image\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eSheet Size: 42cm x 28.5cm (Small corner crease can be framed out)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eCondition: Excellent - New\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003eUnframed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eYou can also come view this work and many others in our Surry Hills Gallery in Sydney. Please message me to arrange a time to view in person.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003eSerafin Martinez\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003ePrincipal, Martinez Art Dealer\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003eSurry Hills, Sydney, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cem\u003eABN 36 561 407 649\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eCharles Blackman Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eCharles Blackman was quite simply one of the most highly regarded figurative artists in Australia. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Blackman has gained a local and international reputation as a mainstay in post-War Australian art. Probably best known for his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eSchoolgirl \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e series, he was also a member of the Antipodeans group, and a contemporary of Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Albert Tucker amongst others.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eBorn in Sydney in 1928, Blackman’s career in visual art began as a young illustrator with the Sydney \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eSun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e newspaper. He developed his skills with night classes in drawing and design, and gained recognition for his art after moving to Melbourne in the late 1940s.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eBlackman exhibited with the revived Contemporary Art Society in 1953, and was also one of the original signatories of the Antipodean Manifesto. The Antipodeans reacted to the rise of abstract expressionism, fearing that American abstraction in particular was becoming the dominant style of international art. The group’s defence of modernist and figurative art lead to major exhibitions for Blackman in London in 1960 and later in Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eHis most familiar work, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e series reflect his facility for dream-like imagery and a melancholy sense of foreboding. His work includes portraits, landscapes and studies using a range of fine media.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eHis work was included in the Whitechapel Open Exhibition in 1961 and Tate Gallery exhibitions of Australian Art 1962-63. A major retrospective, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eSchoolgirls and Angels\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e, was organised in 1993 by the National Gallery of Victoria. His work is held in all Australian states and many regional galleries.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eBlackman has won many prizes including the Rowney Prize for drawing (1959) and the Helena Rubinstein Scholarship (1960) . 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