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''The Car'' is a National Gallery of Victoria Acquisition 1956
/ref> The painting was part of the ''Australia'' exhibition at the
The Car
- National Gallery of Victoria collection. Paintings by John Brack Paintings in the National Gallery of Victoria 1955 paintings Arts in Melbourne {{20C-painting-stub
''The Car'' is a 1955
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painting by Australian artist 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 ...
. The painting depicts a family in a car on a drive in a rural area. The painting shows the father looking at the road ahead while the mother and children look towards the viewer. While the whole car cannot be seen, the car itself is identifiable as a Triumph Mayflower. The landscape, seen through the windows of the car, has been said to be inspired by the work of his contemporary Fred Williams.
The work was painted around the same time as two of Brack's best-known paintings, '' Collins Street., 5 pm'' (1955) and '' The Bar'' (1954).
Brack described how he came to paint the work:
Kirsty Grant, Senior Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum.
The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...
claims that ''The Car'' is one of Brack's more popular works stating "I think it transports people who lived through that time, whether they are adults or children, back to that era ...The Car is familiar. It is about people and the way we behave and our foibles."
The painting is part of the National Gallery of Victoria's Australian art collection./ref> The painting was part of the ''Australia'' exhibition at the
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
in 2013.
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The Car
- National Gallery of Victoria collection. Paintings by John Brack Paintings in the National Gallery of Victoria 1955 paintings Arts in Melbourne {{20C-painting-stub