This is the second stamp issue in the Gallery Series. The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) opened its doors to the public in October 1982, and has since developed and provided access to an outstanding national collection of more than 160,000 works across Australian art, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, Asian art, and European and American art.
This issue of stamps features landscapes from the National Gallery of Australia collection by five of Australia’s best known painters. The paintings convey a range of captivating Australian terrain, from lush coastal regions to the dry interior. Painted during the most prolific period of landscape art in Australia, from the late 1830s to the years following World War II, these works also reflect the changing nature of this nation’s identity. In this era, landscape subjects became firm favourites with the public, and Australians began to visit their own museums and galleries to see images of their country. Landscape art remains a signifi cant and popular genre of visual art.
Details
- Date of Issue: 19 March 2013
- Withdrawn Date:
- 17 April 2013 (FDC)
- 30 September (all other products)
- Designer: Lynette Traynor, Australia Post Design Studio
- Product Designer: John White, Australia Post Design Studio
- Printer: McKellar Renown
- Press:
- Process: Lithography
- Colours:
- Paper: Tullis Russell
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.6 x 13.86 (comb)
- Sheet: 50 stamps in two panes of 25 stamps (R5 x 5) separated by horizontal gutter.
- Quantity:
Subjects
- 60c Eugene von Guérard – Dandenong Ranges from ‘Beleura’ 1870 (detail)
- 60c Hans Heysen – In the Flinders – Far North 1951 (detail)
- 60c Arthur Streeton – Land of the Golden Fleece 1926 (detail)
- 60c John Glover – Mr Robinson’s house on the Derwent, Van Diemen’s Land c.1838 (detail)
- 60c Nicholas Chevalier – Studley Park at sunrise 1861 (detail)
Gutter Strip
Booklet
Cheque Book
First Day Covers
Stamp Pack
Maxicards
Australia Post Publications
2013 Australia Stamp Bulletin No.321 (March-April)
