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One month, one painting – November and Autumn leaves at London’s Tate Modern (video)

Born in 1887, Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist who painted nature in a way that showed how it made her feel. Georgia knew from the age of 12 that she wanted to be an artist. Watch some children explore Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings.

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One month, one painting – October and ‘Aboriginal Sydney in Autumn’

This painting is called ‘Ken Done’s Aboriginal Sydney in Autumn’. Konstantina (Kate Constantine) is a proud Gadigal woman of the Eora nation and a neo-contemporary Indigenous artist. She is re-imagining the traditions of her peoples’ dot painters and providing a modern narrative for all Australians to better understand First Nations People as part of the fabric of Australia.

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One month, one painting – September and ‘Autumn leaves’

Autumn has been an inspiration for artists throughout history. Autumn Leaves (1856) is a painting by John Everett Millais, an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

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