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Gift grows gift: Olsen donates painting inspired by Streeton

Neil Balnaves gifted a Streeton to Mosman Art Gallery in 2012 hoping to grow philanthropy. This gift by Olsen is a dream response.

19 Mar 2015 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Today, the Mosman Art Gallery has unveiled a very special gift by the artist John Olsen. Titled The Rolling Sean and that Streeton Painting (2014), the work is inspired by, and in direct response to, Arthur Streeton’s painting Sydney Harbour (1895), which was gift to the gallery in 2012 as part of the Balnaves Gift.

The 87-year old Olsen had seen Streeton’s iconic landscape on an invitation to the Balnaves launch, inspiring him to paint the most recent gift to Mosman, ultimately connecting the two landscapists through their artistic vision and place inside the gallery.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina