Editing National Gallery of Victoria (section)

==Collection==
===Asian art===
[[File:Katsushika Hokusai The Great Wave off Kanagawa 1830.jpg|thumb|[[Katsushika Hokusai]], ''[[The Great Wave off Kanagawa]]'', c. 1830]]
The NGV's Asian art collection began in 1862, one year after the gallery's founding, when [[Frederick Dalgety]] donated two Chinese plates. The Asian collection has since grown to include significant works from across the continent.

===Australian art===
The NGV's Australian art collection encompasses Indigenous ([[Aboriginal Australians|Australian Aboriginal]]) art and artefacts, Australian colonial art, Australian Impressionist art, 20th century, modern and contemporary art. The first curator of Australian Art was Brian Finemore, from 1960 until his death in 1975.<ref>Maureen Gilchrist, "High regard for Brian Finemore", ''[[The Age]]'', 27 October 1975, p. 2</ref>

The 1880s saw the birth and development of the [[Heidelberg School]] (also known as Australian [[Impressionism]]) in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, and the NGV was well-placed to acquire some of the movement's key artworks, including [[Tom Roberts]]' ''[[Shearing the Rams]]'' (1890), [[Arthur Streeton]]'s ''[[The purple noon's transparent might]]'' (1896), and [[Frederick McCubbin]]'s ''[[The Pioneer (painting)|The Pioneer]]'' (1904).<ref>[[Ann Galbally|Galbally, Ann]]. ''The Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria''. Oxford University Press, 1987. {{ISBN|9780195545913}}, p. 36.</ref>

The Australian collection includes works by [[Del Kathryn Barton]], [[Charles Blackman]], [[Clarice Beckett]], [[Arthur Boyd]], [[John Brack]], [[Angela Brennan]], [[Rupert Bunny]], [[Louis Buvelot]], [[Ethel Carrick]], [[Nicholas Chevalier]], [[Charles Conder]], [[Olive Cotton]], [[Grace Crowley]] [[David Davies (artist)|David Davies]], [[Destiny Deacon]], [[William Dobell]], [[Julie Dowling (artist)|Julie Dowling]], [[Russell Drysdale]], [[E. Phillips Fox]], [[Rosalie Gascoigne]], [[John Glover (artist)|John Glover]], [[Eugene von Guerard]], [[Fiona Hall (artist)|Fiona Hall]], [[Louise Hearman]], [[Joy Hester]], [[Hans Heysen]], [[Emily Kame Kngwarreye]], [[George W. Lambert]], [[Sydney Long]], [[John Longstaff]], [[Frederick McCubbin]], [[Helen Maudsley]], [[Tracey Moffatt]], [[Jan Nelson]], [[Hilda Rix Nicholas]], [[Sidney Nolan]], [[John Perceval]], [[Patricia Piccinini]], [[Margaret Preston]], [[Thea Proctor]], [[Hugh Ramsay]], [[David Rankin (artist)|David Rankin]], [[Tom Roberts]], [[John Russell (Australian painter)|John Russell]], [[Grace Cossington Smith]], [[Ethel Spowers]], [[Arthur Streeton]], [[Clara Southern]], [[Jane Sutherland]], [[Violet Teague]], [[Jenny Watson (artist)|Jenny Watson]], [[Fred Williams (artist)|Fred Williams]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection {{!}} NGV |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/ |access-date=2021-06-16 |website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au |archive-date=21 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421011601/https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A large number of works were donated by Dr. Joseph Brown in 2004 which form the [[Joseph Brown Collection]].

'''Selected works'''
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File:Aboriginal shields NGV.jpg|Aboriginal shields
File:Nicholas Chevalier - The Buffalo Ranges - Google Art Project.jpg|''The Buffalo Ranges'' (1864) by [[Nicholas Chevalier]], the first painting of an Australian subject to be acquired by the gallery
File:Eugène von Guérard - Yalla-y-Poora - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Eugene von Guerard]], ''Yalla-y-Poora'', 1864
File:Tom Roberts - Shearing the rams - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Tom Roberts]], ''[[Shearing the Rams]]'', 1890
File:John Longstaff Lady in Grey 1890.jpg|[[John Longstaff]], ''Lady in Grey'', 1890
File:Arthur Streeton Purple 1896.jpg|[[Arthur Streeton]], ''[[The purple noon's transparent might]]'', 1896
File:John Peter Russell Rough Sea.jpg|[[John Russell (Australian painter)|John Russell]], ''Rough Sea, Belle-Île'', c. 1900
File:E Phillips Fox The Lesson.jpg|[[E. Phillips Fox]], ''The Lesson'', 1912
File:Dd103915.jpg|[[Clarice Beckett]], ''Evening light, Beaumaris'', c. 1925
</gallery>

===International art===
[[File:National Gallery of Victoria Britain & European Collection 2017.jpg|thumb|18th century British gallery]]
The NGV's international art collection encompasses European and international paintings, fashion and textiles, photography, prints and drawings, Asian art, decorative arts, Mesoamerican art, Pacific art, sculpture, antiquities and global contemporary art. It has strong collections in areas as diverse as old masters, Greek vases, Egyptian artefacts and historical European ceramics, and contains the largest and most comprehensive range of artworks in Australia.<ref name="autogeneratedvic">{{cite web |url=http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/collections/collection-areas |title=Collection Online > collections > Collection Areas |publisher=ngv.vic.gov.au |date=31 July 2013 |access-date=2013-08-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804111818/http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/collections/collection-areas |archive-date=4 August 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The international collection includes works by [[Diane Arbus|Arbus]], [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini|Bernini]], [[Pierre Bonnard|Bonnard]], [[Paris Bordone|Bordone]], [[Canaletto]], [[Paul Cézanne|Cézanne]], [[John Constable|Constable]], [[Antonio da Correggio|Correggio]], [[Salvador Dalí|Dalí]], [[Edgar Degas|Degas]], [[Sonia Delaunay|Delaunay]], [[Anthony van Dyck|van Dyck]], [[Tracey Emin|Emin]], [[Thomas Gainsborough|Gainsborough]], [[Orazio Gentileschi|Gentileschi]], [[El Greco]], [[Dorothea Lange|Lange]], [[Édouard Manet|Manet]], [[Henri Matisse|Matisse]], [[Hans Memling|Memling]], [[Amedeo Modigliani|Modigliani]], [[Claude Monet|Monet]], [[Henry Moore|Moore]], [[Edvard Munch|Munch]], [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], [[Camille Pissarro|Pissarro]], [[Giambattista Pittoni|Pittoni]], [[Nicolas Poussin|Poussin]], [[Rembrandt]], [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]], [[Jusepe de Ribera|Ribera]], [[Bridget Riley|Riley]], [[Mark Rothko|Rothko]], [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]], [[Pierre Soulages|Soulages]], [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo|Tiepolo]], [[Tintoretto]], [[Titian]], [[J. M. W. Turner|Turner]], [[Paolo Uccello|Uccello]], [[Paolo Veronese|Veronese]] and others.

One of the highlights of the NGV's international collection is [[Auguste Rodin]]'s first cast of his iconic sculpture ''[[The Thinker]]'', executed in 1884.<ref>Blanchetière, François; Thurrowgood, David (2013). "Two Insights Into Augustus Rodin's ''The Thinker''". ''Art Journal''. National Gallery of Victoria. '''52'''.</ref> The NGV is also home to the only portrait of [[Lucrezia Borgia]] known to have been painted from life, dated to approximately 1515 and attributed to [[Dosso Dossi]].<ref>[https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/ngv-solves-mystery-of-renaissance-portrait/ "NGV Solves Mystery of Renaissance Portrait"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417091244/https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/ngv-solves-mystery-of-renaissance-portrait/ |date=17 April 2021 }} (26 November 2008), NGV. Retrieved 4 June 2020.</ref>

'''Selected works'''
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File:Paolo Uccello - St George slaying the dragon - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Paolo Uccello]], ''St. George Slaying the Dragon'', 1430
File:Jan van Eyck Madonna with the Child Reading.jpg|[[Jan van Eyck]] ([[Jan van Eyck#Workshop.2C unfinished or lost works|workshop]]), ''[[Ince Hall Madonna]]'', 1433
File:Correggio, Madonna and Child with infant St John the Baptist 1514–15.jpg|[[Antonio da Correggio|Correggio]], ''Madonna and Child with infant St John the Baptist'', 1514–15
File:Rembrandt Two old men disputing 1628.jpg|[[Rembrandt]], ''Two old men disputing'', 1628
File:Poussin-CrossingOfTheRedSea.jpg|[[Nicolas Poussin]], ''[[The Crossing of the Red Sea (Poussin)|The Crossing of the Red Sea]]'', 1634
File:Anthony van Dyck Rachel de Ruvigny.jpg|[[Anthony van Dyck]], ''[[Rachel Russell, Lady Russell|Rachel de Ruvigny, Countess of Southampton]]'', 1640
File:Giambattista Tiepolo - The Banquet of Cleopatra - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]], ''[[The Banquet of Cleopatra (Tiepolo)|The Banquet of Cleopatra]]'', 1743–44
File:George Stubbs 005.jpg|[[George Stubbs]], ''[[George Stubbs#A lion attacking a horse|A Lion Attacking a Horse]]'', 1765
File:Thomas Gainsborough - An officer of the 4th Regiment of Foot - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Thomas Gainsborough]], ''Richard St George Mansergh-St George'', 1776
File:Edwin Landseer - Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania and Bottom - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Edwin Landseer]], ''[[Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', 1851
File:John Everett Millais - The rescue - Google Art Project.jpg|[[John Everett Millais]], ''[[The Rescue (painting)|The Rescue]]'', 1855
File:August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck - Anguish - Google Art Project.jpg|[[August Friedrich Schenck]], ''[[Anguish (Schenck)|Anguish]]'', 1878
File:Jules Bastien-Lepage - October - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]], ''[[October (painting)|October]]'', 1878
File:Claude Monet - Vétheuil - Google Art Project (427751).jpg|[[Claude Monet]], ''Vétheuil'', 1879
File:Cézanne - FWN 175.jpg|[[Paul Cézanne]], ''The Uphill Road'', 1881
File:Gustave Caillebotte - The plain of Gennevilliers, yellow fields - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Gustave Caillebotte]], ''The plain of Gennevilliers, yellow fields'', 1884
File:Rodin Thinker NGV.jpg|[[Auguste Rodin]], ''[[The Thinker]]'' ([[List of The Thinker sculptures|first ever bronze cast]]), 1884
File:John William Waterhouse - Ulysses and the Sirens - Google Art Project.jpg|[[John William Waterhouse]], ''[[Ulysses and the Sirens (Waterhouse)|Ulysses and the Sirens]]'', 1891
File:Camille Pissarro - Boulevard Montmartre, morning, cloudy weather - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Camille Pissarro]], ''Boulevard Montmartre, morning, cloudy weather'', 1897
File:Siesta 1900.jpg|[[Pierre Bonnard]], ''Siesta'', 1900
File:Early Spring (Munch).jpg|[[Edvard Munch]], ''Early Spring'', 1905
File:Amedeo modigliani, ritratto del pittore manuel humbert, 1916.jpg|[[Amedeo Modigliani]], ''Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert'', 1916
File:Suzanne valadon nu a la draperie115931).jpg|[[Suzanne Valadon]], ''Nude with drapery'', 1921
File:Salvador Dali Mae West Lips NGV.jpg|[[Salvador Dalí]], ''[[Mae West Lips Sofa]]'', 1937
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===Photography===
[[File:Max Dupain - Sunbaker - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|[[Max Dupain]], ''[[Sunbaker]]'', 1937]]
In 1967, the NGV established the first curatorial department dedicated to photography in an Australian public gallery,<ref>Although the Art Gallery of South Australia began collecting photographs as fine art in 1922, it houses them with 'Australian Prints, Drawings and Photographs'(see: http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Collection/australlian_prints_drawings_and_photographs.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902114213/http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Collection/australlian_prints_drawings_and_photographs.html |date=2 September 2017 }}). Other Photography collections in public galleries are: The Art Gallery of New South Wales, est.1975 (see: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/photography/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027144627/http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/photography/ |date=27 October 2013 }}); Queensland Art Gallery| Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) started their collection in 1987 where works are housed as art of the Contemporary Australian Art collection</ref> one of the first in the world. It now holds over 15,000 works. In that same year, the Gallery acquired the photography collection's first work, ''Surrey Hills street'' 1948 by [[David Moore (Australian photographer)|David Moore]][http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/work/13331] and in 1969 the first international work was acquired, ''Nude'' 1939 by [[František Drtikol]][https://archive.today/20130926010356/http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/tools/col-artwork-search?queries_keywords_query=Franti%C5%A1ek+Drtikol&search_page_120713_submit_button=Search&current_result_page=1&results_per_page=20&submitted_search_category=&mode=&view=textview]. The first photographer to exhibit solo at the NGV was [[Mark Strizic]] in 1968.<ref>''Mark Strizic: A Journey in Photography'' information [[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]] Travelling Exhibitions site http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/exhibition_subsite_strizic4.php {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928012608/http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/exhibition_subsite_strizic4.php |date=28 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/times-a-changin-caught-on-camera-20111019-1m80l.html |title=Times a-changin' caught on camera |last=Coslovich |first=Gabriella |date=2011-10-19|newspaper=[[The Age]]|access-date=2020-01-06 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125225735/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/times-a-changin-caught-on-camera-20111019-1m80l.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jennie Boddington]], a filmmaker, was appointed first full-time curator of photography in 1972, possibly only the third such appointment amongst world public institutions.<ref>Ely, Deborah. ''History of Photography'', 1 June 1999, Vol. 23(2), pp. 118–122</ref><ref>Cox, Leonard B. ''The National Gallery of Victoria, 1861–1968: The Search for a Collection''. Melbourne: The National Gallery of Victoria; Brown Prior Anderson Pty Ltd, 1971</ref>

===Prints and drawings===
The NGV's Department of Prints and Drawings is responsible for one third of the gallery's collection. Highlights among the department's holdings include one of the world's largest collections of engravings and woodcuts by [[Albrecht Dürer|Dürer]].<ref>Zdanowicz, Irena. ''Albrecht Dürer in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria''. National Gallery of Victoria, 1994. {{ISBN|9780724101696}}.</ref> The NGV is also said to have one of the most impressive collections of works by [[William Blake]], including 36 of the 102 watercolours he worked on up until his death in 1827 to illustrate the ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' by [[Dante]], the largest number of works from this series held by any gallery in the world.<ref>[http://artsreview.com.au/ngv-to-showcase-its-william-blake-collection/ "NGV to showcase its William Blake collection"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408205939/http://artsreview.com.au/ngv-to-showcase-its-william-blake-collection/ |date=8 April 2018 }} (25 March 2014), ''Arts Review''. Retrieved 8 April 2018.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-resurrection-of-william-blakes-illustrations-on-dantes-divine-comedy-20140403-35zqn.html |title=The resurrection of William Blake's illustrations on Dante's Divine Comedy |last=Harford |first=Sonia |date=2014-04-04 |website=The Age |language=en |access-date=2020-01-06 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125224039/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-resurrection-of-william-blakes-illustrations-on-dantes-divine-comedy-20140403-35zqn.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rembrandt and [[Francisco Goya|Goya]] are also well-represented, and the Australian collection contains a detailed account of the history of graphic arts in Australia.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/curatorial/prints-and-drawings/ |title=Prints & Drawings {{!}} NGV |website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au |access-date=2020-01-06 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304224655/https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/curatorial/prints-and-drawings/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The NGV no longer dedicates a space to exhibiting works from the Prints and Drawings collection, though some works on paper are rotated within the permanent collection galleries and may appear in exhibitions.<ref name=":1" /> Works in the collection may be viewed by appointment in the department's Print Study Room.<ref name=":1" />

'''Selected works'''
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File:Albrecht Dürer - Melencolia I - Google Art Project (427760).jpg|[[Albrecht Dürer]], ''[[Melencolia I]]'', 1514
File:François Boucher - Madame de Pompadour - Google Art ProjectFXD.jpg|[[François Boucher]], ''[[Madame de Pompadour]]'', 1754
File:William Blake - Dante running from the three beasts - Google Art Project.jpg|[[William Blake]], ''Dante running from the three beasts'', 1824
File:J. M. W. Turner - The Red Rigi - Google Art Project.jpg|[[J. M. W. Turner]], ''[[The Rigi|The Red Rigi]]'', 1842
File:Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Paolo and Francesca da Rimini - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]], ''Paolo and Francesca da Rimini'', 1867
File:Ford Madox Brown - The finding of Don Juan by Haidée - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Ford Madox Brown]], ''The finding of Don Juan by Haidée'', 1869
File:Towards the Forest II, 1897-1915, Munch.jpg|[[Edvard Munch]], ''Towards the Forest II'', 1897
</gallery>