The Gentry at the Bar
The Gentry at the Bar
Hugh Sawrey Original
The Gentry at the Bar - Oil on Canvas
Hugh Sawrey CBE (born in Forest Glen, Queensland, 1919, died Benalla, Victoria, 1999) was an Australian artist and founder of the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach, Queensland. Sawrey was an artist whose prolific output of paintings and drawings of the Australian landscape and its people contributed in a profound way to the preserving of the memory of times and places in Australian history that were in danger of being overlooked and lost to posterity. Throughout his long career, he experienced firsthand events that shaped Australian identity in the 20th century and documented through his work many of the characters that lived in this period.
The Gentry at the Bar, Sawrey captures a quintessential Australian bar room filled with character and camaraderie. With warm, earthy tones and expressive brushwork, he depicts pubs not merely as settings but as social hubs, showcasing his talent for merging anecdotal storytelling with richly observed detail.
Over a seven-decade career, his paintings, featuring stockmen, horses, and rural life, etched the spirit of the Australian bush into the national consciousness. He also co-founded the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame and was honored as a CBE in 1989 for his pivotal role in preserving Australian heritage
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