AJ SadauskasThese two paintings live side by side at the State Gallery of NSW. And there's a bit of a tale to them.<br> <br> Margaret Rose Preston (29 April 1875 – 28 May 1963) was one of the leading Australian artists of her time. After travelling to Europe, her great artistic project was to foster an Australian "national art". One that borrowed *heavily* from Aboriginal Western Desert "dot painting" art styles (along with post-Impressionists like Cézanne, Gauguin, and Matisse).<br> <br> She won acclaim for this style at a time before Aboriginal people had the right to vote, while the Australian Frontier Wars and Stolen Generations were still ongoing.<br> <br> Following her death Trevor Nickolls, a Ngarrindjeri artist from the Western Desert, painted "Homage to Margaret Preston". In the process, he reappropriated Preston's "national art" style.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/painting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/auspol?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/AusArt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusArt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Sydney?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sydney</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NSW?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSW</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Australia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/culture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culture</a>