Gum Trees (1933)

"Gum Trees" is painting by Dorrit Black, dated 1933.

A graphic treatment of Australian gum trees that adds a modernist note to the collection.

On onlly.art this reproduction sits within the Australian Bushland Botanical collection. Painting · 1933 · medium: Painting. The work is associated with the Australian Bushland collection. The eucalyptus motif is one of the clearest visual signatures of the Australian bush.

Context for 1933: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. Posters, magazines, and illustrated books were major ways for the public to meet new art and design.

On onlly.art "Gum Trees" is sold as a digital download (Digital JPEG + PDF files, 300 DPI). The files are delivered by email after payment, so nothing is shipped: you print locally, choosing the paper, size, and frame yourself. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Before printing, compare the proportions of the file with your frame so that nothing important is cropped. Screens and printers render colour differently, so a small test print is a sensible way to check tones before committing to a large size. Hang the print away from direct sunlight, which over the years can fade any printed colour. Choosing a standard frame size and printing to fit it often saves the cost of custom framing.

Dorrit Black is represented in the onlly.art catalog.

This page also draws on collection-level information related to Australian Bushland.