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Moody's Pub

1941 painting by Russell Drysdale From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moody's Pub is a 1941 painting by Australian artist Russell Drysdale. The painting depicts a pub in the Victorian town of Seymour.

Year1941
Typeoil on plywood
Dimensions50.9 cm × 61.4 cm (20.0 in × 24.2 in)
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Moody's Pub
ArtistRussell Drysdale
Year1941
Typeoil on plywood
Dimensions50.9 cm × 61.4 cm (20.0 in × 24.2 in)
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The Royal Hotel in Seymour seen in 2009, the model for Drysdale's work

The painting has been described as "one of Drysdale's most celebrated paintings and among the most frequently reproduced images of twentieth-century Australian art."[1]

The National Gallery of Victoria acquired the work in 1942; its first acquisition of a Drysdale painting.[1]

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