Russell Drysdale

Sir George Russell Drysdale AC (7 ga Fabrairu 1912 - 29 ga Yuni 1981), wanda aka fi sani da Tass Drysdale, ƙwararren mai fasaha ne na Australiya. Ya lashe kyautar Wynne Prize for Sofala a 1947,  kuma ya wakilci Ostiraliya a Venice Biennale a 1954. An yi masa tasiri ta hanyar zane-zane masu ban mamaki da na ban mamaki, kuma "ya ƙirƙiri sabon hangen nesa na yanayin Ostiraliya a matsayin mai juyin juya hali da tasiri kamar na Tom Roberts ". 

 Rayuwar farko da aiki 
An haifi George Russell Drysdale a Bognor Regis, Sussex, Ingila, ga wani iyali na makiyaya 'yan Anglo-Australia, waɗanda suka zauna a Melbourne, Ostiraliya a 1923. Drysdale ya yi karatu a Makarantar Grammar Geelong . Yana da rashin gani sosai a duk rayuwarsa, kuma idonsa na hagu ya makance tun yana ɗan shekara 17 saboda ciwon ido da ya yi masa (wanda daga baya ya sa aka ƙi amincewa da buƙatarsa ta aikin soja). 

Drysdale ya yi aiki a gidan kawunsa da ke Queensland, kuma a matsayinsa na mai zane a Victoria, [1] duk da haka, irin waɗannan ayyukan sun shagaltu a shekarar 1932 ta hanyar tiyatar ido da likitan tiyata da mai ɗaukar hoto na Melbourne Julian Smith suka yi masa.[2] Ya nuna wa mai zane da mai suka Daryl Lindsay zane-zanen Drysdale waɗanda suka ba da shawarar yiwuwar yin aiki a matsayin mai zane kuma suka gabatar da shi ga mai zane na zamani, malami kuma wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar zane-zane ta zamani, George Bell. Tare da goyon bayan abokin aikinsa, Drysdale ya yi karatu tare da Bell a Melbourne daga 1935 zuwa 1938.

Drysdale ya kuma yi horo a Turai; a tsakanin 1938-39, yana halartar Makarantar Grosvenor da ke Landan da kuma Grande Chaumière da ke Paris. A lokacin da ya dawo daga karo na uku na waɗannan tafiye-tafiye a watan Yunin 1939, an karɓe Drysdale a cikin Ostiraliya a matsayin wani muhimmin baiwa da ya fito, amma har yanzu bai sami hangen nesa na kansa ba. Shawarar da ya yanke na barin Melbourne zuwa Albury sannan Sydney a 1940 ta taimaka wajen gano batun rayuwarsa, yankin ƙasar Australiya da mazaunanta. Haka kuma tasirin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Peter Purves Smith wajen jagorantar shi zuwa ga salon rayuwarsa na balaga tare da amfani da shimfidar wurare marasa tsari waɗanda ke zaune a ƙarƙashin sararin samaniya mai ban tsoro.[ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2008)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]

 Sydney 
Nunin Drysdale na shekarar 1942 a Sydney (nasa na biyu a lokacin; nasa na farko ya kasance a Melbourne a shekarar 1938) ya kasance babban nasara, kuma ya tabbatar da shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan masana zamani na Sydney a lokacin, tare da William Dobell, Elaine Haxton, da Donald Friend . A shekarar 1944, Jaridar The Sydney Morning Herald ta tura shi zuwa yammacin New South Wales "don nuna tasirin fari mai muni a lokacin".  Tare da jerin zane-zanensa na yammacin New South Wales da fari ya lalata da kuma, daga baya, jerin zane-zane bisa ga garin Hill End da aka haƙa zinare, sunansa ya ci gaba da ƙaruwa a shekarun 1940. Sofala, wani zanen garin Sofala da ke kusa, ya lashe kyautar Wynne don shimfidar wuri a shekarar 1947.  An bayyana aikinsa na 1948, The Cricketers a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin hotuna mafi asali da ban tsoro a cikin dukkan zane-zane na Australiya." 

 Landan 1950 
Nunin da ya yi a shekarar 1950 a Leicester Galleries na Landan, bisa gayyatar Sir Kenneth Clark, ya kasance wani muhimmin ci gaba a tarihin fasahar Australiya. Har zuwa wannan lokacin, ana ɗaukar fasahar Australiya a matsayin wani yanki na fasahar Burtaniya; Ayyukan Drysdale sun gamsar da masu sukar Burtaniya cewa masu fasaha na Australiya suna da hangen nesa na musamman, suna bincika yanayin zahiri da na tunani a lokaci guda mai ban mamaki, waka, da kuma kyakkyawan yanayi. Nunin ya fara nuna fasahar Australiya a duniya wanda ya zo cikin sauri tare da Dobell, Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Clifton Pugh, da sauransu waɗanda suka shahara a ƙasa da ƙasa a shekarun 1950.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1981
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1912