On the block: the painting that set Brett Whiteley on his way

The Australian | Ashleigh Wilson
In 1959, an energetic young painter decided it was time to make a change. Brett Whiteley hated “art being governed by the logic of businessmen”, so he quit his job at a Sydney advertising company to focus on his own work.
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