In this quietly expressive study, Josephine Muntz Adams captures a young Russell Drysdale just before his rise to national prominence as one of Australia’s leading modern painters.
Painted with muted tones and softened brushwork, the portrait hints at the introspective energy that would come to define Drysdale’s own vision of the Australian landscape.
This portrait, painted in Josephine’s later years, offers a rare glimpse of one great artist through the eyes of another.
