Meeting a dream
Meeting a dream
Albert Tucker In Paris 1948 – 1952
18 July - 5 November 2006
Venue: Heide III: Albert & Barbara Tucker Gallery
Curator: Lesley Harding
Paris street 1950
gouache, watercolour, brush and ink, oil on cardbo
41.7 x 50 cm
Heide Museum of Modern Art Collection
Gift of Barbara Tucker 2005
© Barbara Tucker
Meeting a dream: Albert Tucker In Paris 1948 – 1952 is the inaugural exhibition of Heide’s new Albert & Barbara Tucker Gallery.
When Albert Tucker left Melbourne in 1947, he began a thirteen-year journey through Europe and North America, during which time he transformed himself from the least ‘Australian’ of artists, into a painter with a rich understanding of his native country’s complex characteristics. Tucker made Paris his base for five years, using the time to experiment with materials and consider his artistic future.
The exhibition includes many of the paintings Tucker exhibited in his 1952 solo show at Galerie Huit, Paris, and features works on paper and photographs not previously shown in Australia.
