George Baldessin 'Personage and Entrances' seaside Braund captures a family at

Braund captures a family at the beach

Charcoal on paper

he is best known for his sumptuous brass pears

where insects can represent a feeling of change

Braund repeatedly returned to the beach

George Baldessin 'Personage and Entrances' seaside Braund captures a family atGeorge Baldessin is still regarded as one of Australias preeminent artists. During his short but influential lifetime, he was considered on par with Brett Whiteley, with both artists eschewing the dominant mode of abstraction in favour of lyrical, figurative imagery. Etching, for Baldessin, represented a field of innovation free from the physical and financial restraints of sculpture. Baldessins 'Personage and Entrances' series extends his fascination