Charles Blackman 'Tracey Kneeling' romantic laiden with a European sensibility

laiden with a European sensibility

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Charles Blackman 'Tracey Kneeling' romantic laiden with a European sensibilityFrom 1970 to 1971, Charles Blackman escaped Australia for Paris. He had won the prestigious Cite des Artes scholarship and upon setting down in France, fell in love with the culture, commencing what art historians refer to as his Golden Era for drawing. He set out to immerse himself in Parisian culture, to become a serious artist by mastering the nude. Tracey Kneeling comes from this era. It recalls Kenneth Clarks famous delineation between naked and