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Why Peter Kingston, master of Sydney Harbour art, changed course
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Peter Kingston: First Light at the S H Ervin Gallery, I was reminded that the late Giles Auty once compared “Kingo” to Raoul Dufy (1877-1953). Although I would hesitate to endorse most of Giles’ observations about art and life, he may have been onto something. Although the Frenchman commands a place in the pantheon of modern art, he left a body of work that is generally held to be light, colourful and whimsical. While his idol, Matisse, could make a masterpiece from the simplest of subjects, Dufy could never exorcise the demon of the decorative.
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