Moody's pub

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Moody's pub
Moody's pub Drysdale.jpg
Artist Russell Drysdale
Year 1941
Typeoil on plywood
Dimensions50.9 cm× 61.4 cm(20.0 in× 24.2 in)
Location National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Royal Hotel in Seymour seen in 2009, the model for Drysdale's work SeymourRoyalHotel.JPG
The Royal Hotel in Seymour seen in 2009, the model for Drysdale's work

Moody's pub is a 1941 painting by Australian artist Russell Drysdale. The painting depicts a pub in the Victorian town of Seymour.

The painting has been described as "one of Drysdale's most celebrated paintings and among the most frequently reproduced images of twentieth-century Australian art." [1]

The National Gallery of Victoria acquired the work in 1942; its first acquisition of a Drysdale painting. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Moody's pub". Drysdale. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 July 2015.