Auguste Blackman 'Silent Beauty' drawing

Auguste Blackman 'Silent Beauty' drawingAuguste Blackman grew up the son of two icons: Charles and Barbara Blackman. The former was a prominent figure in Australian Modernism; a man whose Schoolgirls and Alices are embedded in our visual lexicon. The latter, Barbara Blackman, is a poet, writer, advocate and muse. By the age of twenty two she was blind, a diagnosis that at first felt like a life sentence for a crime I had not committed but in turn gave her a unique outlook on life. Like

represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia

Signed: Signed and editioned by the artist

Signed: Signed with initials lower middle left AB

its seductive transcendence

Direct from the Blackman Family Collection

this work is a twist (and compression) of Blackmans iconic images of children

whose eyesight was ailing

Beyond this

Image Size: 12 x 9 cm

Upton is an acclaimed artist and illustrator

enriching collections of contemporary art and Knight

Signed: Signed lower right: Auguste Blackman