Charles Blackman
The Diver, c.1954
pencil on paper (unframed)
12 x 20 cm (image size)
4 3/4 x 7 7/8 in
4 3/4 x 7 7/8 in
MM7542
Charles was prolific with his drawing skills. In the early 1950's he often travelled with his wife Barbara to the St Kilda Baths and sketched the swimmers there. This is...
Charles was prolific with his drawing skills. In the early 1950's he often travelled with his wife Barbara to the St Kilda Baths and sketched the swimmers there. This is a dynamic composition of a diver superimposed over the placid waves of the bay of Melbourne, with a jetty of rocks on the horizon. This work is significant also for being one of the series that first brought Blackman's work to wider attention - not least because of the public controversy caused after Melbourne Herald art critic Alan
McCulloch praised Blackman's exhibition that included swimmers for its 'power and artistry.'
