The SH Ervin Gallery is located in the National Trust Center on the Observatory Hill. This is one of the most important of the art galleries located in the country of Australia. The works of hundreds of Australian artists, collected over the years, are displayed in this wonderful gallery. It has always done its bit in promoting and organizing the artistic works of the women artists. The building which now houses the gallery was constructed in the year 1856. It was designed by the architect Henry Robertson. The building used to serve the purpose of acting as an extension of the Fort Street School till the 1970s. The SH Ervin Gallery came into being on the month of May in the year 1978.
The first of the exhibitions which was held at the SH Ervin Gallery was the works done by Conrad Martens. The gallery has some of the best collections and includes the ones obtaines from SH Ervin, Alan Renshaw and Mavis E. Cope. Many of the popular works done by the artists of the 19th and 20 centuries can viewed at the SH Ervin Gallery. The works include the ones done by artists like Conrad Martens, Eugene von Guerard, Arthur Streeton, Donald Friend, Nora Heysen, Thea Proctor, Margaret Preston, Lloyd Rees, James Gleeson and Jeffrey Smart.
Various exhibitions are held at the SH Ervin Gallery throughout the year and you are likely to enjoy visiting the place at one such time. Clarice Beckett, Albert Tucker, Violet Teague, Kathleen O'Connor, Margo Lewers, Jean Bellette, William Robinson and John Coburn are some of the artists who had their works exhibited at the SH Ervin Gallery in Sydney Australia. The art loving tourists are bound to enjoy their visit to this one of the Australian historical sites in Sydney.
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