With more than 1000 diverse artworks, the ACU Art Collection is an invaluable asset to the Australian Catholic University and wider community. Since its inception, the art collection has built and reflected a rich artistic heritage, with high-quality works dating from the 13th century to the present day. Informed by strong Catholic values, it embraces the spiritual, contemplative and human in traditional and contemporary works of art. Representing a wide range of styles and disciplines, the collection showcases Australian, British and European paintings, works on paper, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, mosaics, gold and silversmithing, glass and decorative arts.
Matteo di Giovanni
c.1428-95 Italy
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist, c.1490
oil and tempera on softwood
H 57.4 x W 39.5 cm
Acquired 2017
Alun Leach-Jones
b. 1937 - d. 2017
Instruments for a solitary navigator #21 (on the terrace) 1998-99
acrylic on canvas
153 x 213 cm
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Nola Leach Jones, 2019
Arthur Boyd
b.1920 – d. 1999
The Tribute Money c.1950-52
glazed ceramic tile
33 x 44 cm
Acquired 2018
Joan Ross
born 1961
All you can eat seafood buffet 2017
hand painted pigment print on cotton rag paper
39.5 x 127 cm
Acquired 2017
Angelina Pwerle
born 1946
Bush Plum 2009
Acrylic on linen
151 x 152 cm
Acquired 2016
Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello
Indigenous Australian, b. 1949
Bush Flowers Bicornual #22
Hot blown glass with murine
H 26cm x W 30cm x D 15cm
Acquired 2020
Jenny Bell
born 1959
Untitled 2003
charcoal and mixed media on paper
Acquired 2019
Michael Riley
born 1960
Untitled from the series Flyblown 1998
type c print
Acquired 2019
Pippin Drysdale
born 1943
Lake Lefroy 1997
porcelain
Acquired 1998
Rosslynd Piggott
born 1958
Blossom face no.10
digital print on handmade paper 2005-6
88.5 x 109 cm
Acquired 2018
Tony Cran
born 1975
Study for blue flower 2018
oil and synthetic polymer on board
34.5 x 44.5 cm
Acquired 2018
Virginia Cuppaidge
born 1943
Ruby Rectangle
Acrylic on canvas
198 x 304 cm
Virginia Cuppaidge
Donated by the artist 2018
Wendy Stavrianos
born 1941
Gatherer through time 2001
oil on linen
70 x 122 cm
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