Parliament of Western Australia Art Collection

"An Early Meeting of the Legislative Council"
by Owen Garde OAM, 1979

This collection displayed in the corridors, rooms and offices at Parliament House, includes five specific collections:

Claude Hotchin Art Bequest, 1951
Presented by Claude Hotchin Esq., O.B.E. (later Sir Claude) to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Federation of the Australian States, 9 May 1951, and consisting of nineteen pictures depicting historic buildings in the southern part of the state.

Landscope Collection by Philippa Nikulinsky, 1997
A collection featuring original artworks used on the cover of the Conservation and Land Management magazine ‘Landscope’. Donated by the artist Philippa Nikulinsky and presented to Parliament House by the Minister for the Arts Hon. Peter Foss MLC.

Legislative Assembly Collection
A collection of artworks that belongs to the Legislative Assembly.

Local Government Art Gifts
Presented since 1964 by the various local authorities throughout the state. Each picture showing some particular feature or activity of the area from which it was presented.

Parliament House Collection
A collection featuring original artworks that have been presented, purchased or on loan to the Parliament of Western Australia. Some well known artists are represented in the collection including Allon Cook, Ailsa Small, William Boissevain, Ernest Buckmaster, Vlase Zanalis, Frank Pash, Owen Garde, Portia Geach, Michael Challen, Leon Pericles and Robert Juniper.

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