City

City by Albert Tucker
Artist
Albert Tucker
Date
1973
Style
Expressionism
Genre
Landscape
Location
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
Albert Lee Tucker's painting titled City exemplifies his engagement with modernist and Expressionism styles. Created on a durable Canvas, the work captures an industrial landscape of urban structures, emphasizing bold brushstrokes and vivid colors characteristic of the Angry Penguins movement. Tucker’s innovative use of Polymer-based mediums contributed to the painting’s textured, dynamic surface. As part of the Heide Circle, Tucker’s City reflects both the group’s fascination with contemporary city life and their pursuit of expressive, avant-garde art within Australia’s modernist landscape.

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