Artwork: Wollongong Street 1994
Artist: Richard Larter (1929-2014)
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 86 x 102cm
Acquisition: An acquisition of the ACT Legislative Assembly Art Advisory Committee, 2006
Asset no: OLA001993
About the Work
Larter’s painting is one of a number of works he made after moving to the region which respond to the ACT suburb of Fyshwick and other Canberra localities. His impressive tonal and colour sensibilities are brought into focus in Wollongong Street with a deft painterly touch.
About the Artist
Richard Larter is a major Australian artist known primarily for his large ‘Pop Art’ style paintings. These works are figurative and often highly provocative. However Larter works in a number of different genres and has a history of producing impressive abstractions.