Elaine Haxton 'Chinese Landscape' black & white let ‘Gate of Unity and

let ‘Gate of Unity and Belief

aging and inevitably death in self-portraits and peculiar forms

the next year he represented Australia at the Bienale de Sao Paulo in Brazil

From the Blackman family’s private collection

this work is as much an ode to Alice in Wonderland as it is to Auguste’s childhood

Elaine Haxton 'Chinese Landscape' black & white let ‘Gate of Unity andElaine Haxton had a varied and rich career in the arts. She travelled extensively and was part of an artistic enclave that included Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend and William Dobell (her portrait of whom was a finalist in the 1941 Archibald). A painter and printmaker, she also studied theatre design in New York, and designed ballet costumes and sets in Dutch New Guinea. Chinese Landscape is a testament to Haxtons graphic ability. It is engrossing, a