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Flesh, figure and rock

Aimee Board traces Judy Cassab’s path to the Australian outback, arriving at the junction of inspiration and abstraction.

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Self-portrait, 1962 by Judy Cassab
Self-portrait, 1962 by Judy Cassab
Bibemus Quarry, c. 1885 by Paul Cézanne
Bibemus Quarry, c. 1885 by Paul Cézanne
Nancy Borlase, 1968 by Judy Cassab
Nancy Borlase, 1968 by Judy Cassab
Dark Moon, 1969 by Judy Cassab
Dark Moon, 1969 by Judy Cassab
Judy’s grandmother, 1932 by Judy Cassab
Judy’s grandmother, 1932 by Judy Cassab
Echoes, 1967 by Judy Cassab
Echoes, 1967 by Judy Cassab
Portrait of Margo Lewers, 1967 by Judy Cassab
Portrait of Margo Lewers, 1967 by Judy Cassab
Portrait of Desiderius Orban, 1968 by Judy Cassab
Portrait of Desiderius Orban, 1968 by Judy Cassab
Detail of Ormiston, 1959 by Judy Cassab
Detail of Ormiston, 1959 by Judy Cassab
Drawing of Beregszasz School (classmates and teacher), 1937 by Judy Cassab
Drawing of Beregszasz School (classmates and teacher), 1937 by Judy Cassab
Drawing of Anyu (Judy’s mother), 1937 by Judy Cassab
Drawing of Anyu (Judy’s mother), 1937 by Judy Cassab
Anthills, Central Australia, 1978 by Judy Cassab
Anthills, Central Australia, 1978 by Judy Cassab
Marea Gazzard
Marea Gazzard, 1966 Judy Cassab AO CBE. © Judy Cassab/Copyright Agency, 2024
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Vintage Cassab

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006

The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.
Portrait of Mr Frank Packer
Portrait of Mr Frank Packer
Portrait of Mr Frank Packer
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Judy Cassab

The artist's diary

Previous exhibition, 2013

The artist's diary profiles six decades of Cassab's work, from the early portrait commissions of the 1950s to later paintings that have helped confirm her eminent place in the canon of Australian portraiture.
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