It is easy to see why Emanuel Phillips Fox’s Bathing hour (L’heure du bain) c.1909 is one of the most popular paintings in the Gallery’s Australian Art Collection: sun sparkling on a golden beach; a pretty woman in a lovely dress tenderly drying a little girl; a tranquil blue sea; children bathing and making sandcastles;…
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There are times in the day when simply lazying around is a must, sprawled across the couch with a good book. Australian artist Emanuel Phillips Fox’s (1865-1915) The end of the story c.1911-12 depicts a woman in contemplation, reclining upon a chaise lounge, with her fingers marking a page in a closed book — in…
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