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Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery is a public art gallery in the regional Victorian city of
Swan Hill Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River. At , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508. Indigenous Peo ...
. Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery is a public gallery, established in 1966. It opened in its current building, designed by Australian architect Ian Douglas, in 1987. In 2013, expansion plans were announced, including a proposed increase in teaching workshop space. Artists whose work is held by the gallery include
Constance Stokes Constance Stokes (née Parkin, 22 February 1906 – 14 July 1991) was an Australian modernist painter who worked in Victoria. She trained at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School until 1929, winning a scholarship to continue her study a ...
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John Brack John Brack (10 May 1920 – 11 February 1999) was an Australian painter, and a member of the Antipodeans group. According to one critic, Brack's early works captured the idiosyncrasies of their time "more powerfully and succinctly than any Aust ...
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Ray Crooke Ray Austin Crooke (12 July 19225 December 2015) was an Australian artist known for his landscapes. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston. Early life Ray Crooke was born in Auburn, Victoria in 1922. He spent time ...
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Pro Hart Kevin Charles "Pro" Hart, MBE (30 May 192828 March 2006), was an Australian artist, born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, who was considered the father of the Australian Outback painting movement and his works are widely admired for capturi ...
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Kenneth Jack Kenneth William David Jack AM MBE RWS, (5 October 1924 – 10 June 2006) was an Australian watercolour artist who specialised in painting the images of an almost forgotten outback life: old mine workings, ghost towns, decaying farm buildings. ...
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Mary Macqueen Mary McCartney Macqueen (29 January 1912 – 15 September 1994) was an Australian artist who was known for her drawing, printmaking and mixed media works on paper. Her artistic style was expressive, gestural and experimental. Life, training ...
, Sidney Nolan, Andrew Sibley,
Ernest Trova Ernest Tino Trova (February 19, 1927 – March 8, 2009) was a self-trained American surrealist and pop art painter and sculptor. Best known for his signature image and figure series, ''The Falling Man'', Trova considered his entire output a ...
and a number of local artists. The gallery is a member of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria.


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{{Reflist Art museums and galleries in Victoria (state) Swan Hill Art museums and galleries established in 1966 1966 establishments in Australia