Charles Blackman 'Alice's House ' mid century modernism ‘The Australia Felix’ stems from

‘The Australia Felix’ stems from bountiful pastoral country near Merrijig in the foothills of Victoria’s high country

Represented in numerous public collections including at the National Gallery of Victoria

mountains and temples can all be found in her composition

Offset photolithograph on paper

thus inventing the Easter Bunny

Charles Blackman 'Alice's House ' mid century modernism ‘The Australia Felix’ stems fromFrom the 1950s, Charles Blackman began experimenting with a different kind of composition. Rather than a single image, he split the field into vignettes or window thoughts. These smaller images would relate to one another, serving as postcards from the artist to the viewer. This intimate aspect carries through to Alices House, an original screenprint that places Lewis Carrolls classic under new light. The storys drama hangs in twelve fragments, some