ROBERT STUDLEY FORREST HUGHES (AUSTRALIAN, 1938-2012).

'Portrait of Alan Beale'
inscribed for Alan and signed 'Hughes 59' (lower right), oil on canvas
92cm x 51cm (36in x 20in) unframed

Footnote: Robert Hughes (1938-2012) was an Australian born art critic, writer and producer of television documentaries. His book and television series "Modern Art - The Shock of the New" earned him widespread recognition. His best seller "The Fatal Shore" (published 1987) was a study of the British Penal Colonies and an early history of Australia. In his early life in Sydney he was an inspiring artist and poet and a friend of the sitter, to whom he gave these pictures.