Realist painter, Herbert Badham, is best known for his depictions of urban Sydney life spanning the 1920s to the 1960s.  In painting pub interiors, street corners, beach holidays, fairs and town bands, Badham has given us an accurate account of the life, fashion, architecture, interiors and social values of his time - a point which has led to his work being included in many major exhibitions and collections. Badham held his first solo show in 1939 at the Grosvenor Galleries.  Opened by art world doyen Sir Marcus Clark, and favourably reviewed by Howard Ashton who observed 'Mr. Badham paints aspects of Sydney life which very few painters have the courage to tackle.'

2 The Bus Stop, 1958, is a masterful example of Badham...