The Drover's Wife | |
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Artist | Russell Drysdale |
Year | 1945 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 51.5 cm× 61.5 cm(20.3 in× 24.2 in) |
Location | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
The Drover's Wife is an oil painting on canvas executed in 1945 by Australian artist Russell Drysdale. It depicts a flat, barren landscape with a woman in a plain dress in the foreground. The drover with his horses and wagon are in the background. [1] The painting has been described as "an allegory of the white Australian people's relationship with this ancient land." [1] Henry Lawson's 1892 short story "The Drover's Wife" is widely seen as an inspiration for the painting, although Drysdale denied that. [2]
The painting is now part of the collection of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. [1]