Brought to Light Australian Art 1850-1965

CONTENTS Doug Hall Julie Ewington Robyn Daw Doug Hall Pamela Gerrlsh Nunn Mary Laurenson Andrew Sayers Rodney James Susan Herbert Bronwyn Mahoney Jane Clark Leigh Astbury Anita Callaway 8 FOREWORD 12 INTRODUCTION Joanna Mendelssohn 76 DANCING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE Sydney Long Spirit of the Plains 18 ANTIPODEAN BOUNTY: A Garden of Summer Delight Henry Short Fruit and flowers Robyn Daw 80 THE ILL-FATED PIERROT: Charles Conder in Europe Charles Conder Le Retour de Pierrot 22 LEARNING FROM THE FIRST LESSON: George Folingsby and Genre Painting G.F. Folingsby The first lesson 26 AN AUSTRALIAN 'PROBLEM PICTURE' Chester Earles Interior with figures 30 VICTORIAS CHILDREN: Innocents Abroad Nicholas Chevalier Weary: An episode at St Leonards 36 CONTINUING TRADITIONS William Barak Corroborée 40 TASTE AND THE LATE-COLONIAL BRISBANE RESIDENCE Artist unknown Stained glass window 46 'HJ SKETCHES THE SCENE' Harriet Jane Neville-Rolfe in Queensland 52 A SENSE OF PLACE: Jenner and Brisbane History Isaac Walter Jenner Brisbane from Bowen Terrace, New Farm 58 INTERNATIONAL CLASSICISTS IN THE 'AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONIST' ERA Arthur Loureiro and Bertram Mackennal 64 AROUND THE STUDIOS Girolamo Nerli The sitting 70 OUT IN THE OPEN: Australian Pleinairism and the Heidelberg School Arthur Streeton, Walter Withers, Girolamo Nerli Pat Hoffie 84 RESTLESS MIND, STILL LIVES A.M.E. Bale Leisure moments Sarah Tiffin 88 LOOKING FOR THE'BEAU MONDE' IN BRISBANE Godfrey Rivers Under the Jacaranda Ann Galbally 94 L'ALLURE DE LA COTE SAUVAGE John Peter Russell Roc Tout Mark Pennings 98 ART FOR THE BOURGEOIS DREAMERS OF PARIS Rupert Bunny Bathers Candice Bruce 102 FAMILY AND A SPECIAL FRIEND George Washington Lambert Portrait group (The mother) Virginia Spate 108 NATURE AND ARTIFICE Emanuel Phillips Fox Bathing hour Lynne Seear 112 'STRAPPED TO THE MANGLE': Art, Work and the 'Lady' Artist Vida Lahey Monday morning Michael Beckmann 116 'THE BOY ARTIST' Lloyd Rees St Brigid's, Red Hill Drusllla Modjeska 120 A SINGULAR PORTRAIT Grace Cossington Smith Portrait of a man AnneKIrker 124 IN THE CAUSE OF MODERNISM Thea Proctor and Margaret Preston AnneKIrker 128 IN CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP Christian Waller and Napier Waller Candice Bruce 132 PAINTING A SYMPHONY Roland Wakelin The Bridge under construction BROUGHT TO LIGHT: Australian Art 1850-1965