AUST. ANTARTIC TERRITORIES 1996 EXTREME LAND FORMS 4xBASES FDC - FREE SHIPPING

 Australian Antartic Territories 

 澳大利亞南極領地 

 Set of 4 x 1996 Oils painitng of the Antarctic Extreme Land Forms by Christian Clare Robertson consisting of  45c Rafting Sea Ice, 45c Shadow on the Plateau, $1 Ice Cave & $1.20 Twelve Lake  Antarctic Bases FIRST DAY COVERS 

In very fine condition.

Christian Clare Robertson is an Australian painter who lives and works in the Northern Territory.  Her work deals predominantly with dramatic landscapes, The underlying theme of fear and beauty simultaneously attracts and cautions the viewer.

The Antarctic paintings were part of Clare’s Extreme Landforms Project which started from a field trip in 1982 to the Arctic. Christian Clare Robertson travelled to Antarctica in the summer of 1988/9 as the guest of the Australian Antarctic Division. A major exhibition of paintings was produced as a result of the voyage. All the paintings are oils on linen, and were chosen as the 1996 Australian Antarctic Territories set of 4 postage stamps. These painting were first exhibited in Parliament House, Canberra, in 1991 and subsequently in Darwin, Tasmania and Alice Springs. 

The FOUR BASES are:

The Macquarie Island Station (FIRST DAY OF ISSUE 28 NOV 1996)

Mawson Station (FIRST DAY OF ISSUE 23 DEC 1996)

Davis Station (FIRST DAY OF ISSUE 29 DEC 1996)

Casey Station (FIRST DAY OF ISSUE 11 JAN 1997)

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