Brett Whiteley 'Hullo (Cockatoo)' expressionism She superseded the Victorian tradition

She superseded the Victorian tradition of the genteel lady amatuer and was instead

Undiscovered in his lifetime and plagued with mental illness

Janet Lawrence

and her work is held at the National Gallery of Australia

An edition of 40

Brett Whiteley 'Hullo (Cockatoo)' expressionism She superseded the Victorian traditionBirds recur throughout Brett Whiteleys work. As a child, he would steal eggs from nests and as an adult, paint them in his work. Forever moving around, he often thought of the flight paths of birds, his representations of them tinged with yearning for freedom and domestic stability. Hullo (Cockatoo) is a portrait of Australias most talkative bird, the cockatoo. It knocks at the cage, addressing the viewer with a hullo. From one perspective, it is a