Fred Cress 'The Guardian' - screenprint on paper flora

Fred Cress 'The Guardian' - screenprint on paper floraThis detailed figurative work by renowned Australian artist Fred Cress is instantly recognizable. Characteristically tongue in cheek, this bustling scene will make distinctive addition to any collection of Australian art. Can you recognize anyone you know in there? Fred CRESS (1938 2009) 'The Guardian' screenprint on paper Edition of 50 Image Size: 49 x 58 cm Dimensions: 56 x 76 cm Signed: signed lower right Comes with Letter of Provenance Condition:

Signed: unsigned

Influenced by a childhood spent working at Melbourne’s Victoria Markets

Image Size: 25 x 19 cm

Represented in most public collections and many international and national private collections

yet there exists affection and a familiarity in Rimmer’s photography of the landscape and the people and animals living in this seldom visited corner of Africa which is instantly identifiable

This work is mounted on foam core

It will enliven collections of contemporary landscape art and interiors seeking a brush of colour

'Cape Schanck' 2001

'Headlands III' 1991

was made an Officer of Order of Australia in 1985 and in 1990 was appointed Australia’s War Memorial’s official artist at the 75th anniversary celections of the Gallipoli landing

Sydney and New York

the contrasting chiaroscuro