Russell Drysdale - Last Years

Last Years

Drysdale's reputation continued to grow throughout the 1950s and 1960s as he explored remote Australia and its inhabitants. In 1954, together with Nolan and Dobell, he was chosen to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale, and in 1960, at Bouddi near Gosford, New South Wales.

In 1969, Drysdale was knighted for his services to art, and in 1980, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia. His later years saw a marked falling off in the quantity of his output, which had never been large.

Drysdale died in Sydney on 29 June 1981. At his request, Sir Russell's cremated remains were placed in the shade of a tree by the church in the burial ground beside historic St Paul's Anglican Church, Kincumber.

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