Jubilee exhibition of Australian art

Unsigned. Unsigned. 32 SCENE O N T H E COAST O F N EW S OU T H WALES, ILLAWARRA 38 O N T H E TAMAR 1 Watercolour, 6 ins. x 10k ins. Oil on canvas, 16 ins. x 22 ins. F r om the N a n Kivell Collection by courtesy o f the Commonwealth National Library. Queen Victoria Museum a n d Ar t Gallery, Launceston. J O H N AL EXANDER G I LF I LLAN , b. 1793 W I L L I A M B U E L O W G O U L D , 1804-1853 Bo r n Jersey. Professor o f Painting a t t h e Andersonian University, Glasgow, from 1830-40. Emigrated Born England. Was transported t o V a n Diemen's L a n d i n 1827, a n d i n 1835 worked i n Launceston t o N e w Zealand. C a m e to Sydney i n 1848. I n 1851 h e w e n t t o Adelaide, where h e painted a view o f t h e for H e n r y Palmer, coachbuilder, as a n artist a n d armorial painter. Painted fish, fruit a n d g a m e subjects, capital, looking easy from t h e west e n d o f Hindley Street, with t h e M o u n t Lofty R a n g e i n t h e distance, a which h e sold t o the hotels in Ho b a r t . His low-toned decorative compositions, enlivened b y a few brilliant topographically accurate view, enlivened b y a picturesque cloud shadow which falls across t h e foreground touches o f colour, a r e executed i n miniature-like high finish. scene. *39 FLOWERS AND FRUIT 33 ADELAIDE I N 1851 Signed and dated W. B. Gould, 1842; 1.1. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 24 ins. x 28 ins. Oil on canvas, 21 ins. x 32 ins. F r om the Collection o f Sir Charles Lloyd Jones. National Gallery o f South Australia. EUGENE V O N GUERARD , 1811-1901 S AMU E L T H O M A S GI LL , 1818-1880 Born Vienna. C a m e t o Victoria 1853. F r o m 1870 t o 1881 h e was Master o f t h e Painting School and C u r a t o r o f t h e National Gallery o f Victoria. D r e w a n d painted panoramas o f t h e countryside i n an Bo r n England. Studied London. C a m e t o South Australia i n 1839, wh e r e h e practised as a n artist, academic style. I n 1851 m a d e drawings o n t h e goldfields i n Ballarat a n d Bendigo, later d r e w studies o f life i n Melbourne 40 T H E BARWON RIVER a n d Sydney. M a n y o f his drawings were published i n p r i n t form. His skilful work records vividly the p o p u l a r life, manners a n d setting o f t h e period. Signed a nd dated Eug. von Guerard, Melbourne, 1854; 1.r. 34 ADELAIDE Oil on canvas, 17k ins. x 291 ins. Signed S. T . G . ; 1.1. Geelong Ar t Gallery. Watercolour, 81 ins. x 131 ins. F r om the N a n Kivell Collection b y courtesy o f the Commonwealth National Library. C O L O N E L W I L L I AM L I GH T , 1786-1839 35 F I RS T SUBSCRI PT ION BALL, BALLARAT, 1854 Born England. Am a t e u r artist, seaman, soldier a n d author. Appointed Surveyor-General o f South Australia i n 1835, h e selected t h e site o f Adelaide a n d planned t h e layout o f t h e city. His Byronic self. Signed S.T.G.; 1.1. portrait, unfinished, shows great skill a n d verve o f handling. Inscribed with title a nd 'Ticket to Admit Lady a n d Gentleman, c 3 / - / - ' ; l.r. Watercolour, 9 J ins. x 14 ins. 41 SELF PORTRAIT Dixson Gallery, Sydney. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 23 ins. x 17 ins. *36 STURT ' S OVERLAND EXPED I T I ON LEAVING ADELAIDE, National Gallery o f South Australia. 10th AUGUST , 1844 Initialled a nd inscribed S.T.G., Adelaide; 1.1. Watercolour, 16 ins. x 28k ins. JOSEPH LYCETT, First Half 19th Century National Gallery o f South Australia. Born England. Arrived i n Sydney a b o u t 1810. M a d e a series o f coloured drawings which after his return t o L o n d o n were published b y J . Souter as Views o f Australia and Van Diemen's Land i n 1824. His drawings show a good sense o f scale, topographical accuracy, b u t little feeling for t h e Australian flora, which is stylized i n a picturesque a n d fanciful way. J O H N GLOVER , 1767-1849 42 MO U N T D I RECT I ON , NEAR HOBART TOWN , VAN DI EMEN ' S LAND Bo r n Leicestershire, England. Accomplished water-colourist; joined O l d Watercolour Society i n 1805 Unsigned; painted c. 1819-21. a n d became its President i n 1815. Emigrated t o T a s ma n i a i n 1831. His work continues t h e tradition Watercolour 8k ins. x i l k ins. o f English watercolour painting i n the vein o f J o h n Varley. His T a s m a n i a n M y Harvest Home, painted into , Commonwealth National Library. t h e light, w i t h strong shadow effect a n d misty distance, calls u p associations with English romantic art. *37 MY HARVEST H O M E 43 HOBART TOWN , VAN DI EMEN ' S LAND Unsigned. Unsigned; painted c. 1819-21. Oil o n canvas, 30 ins. x 441 ins. Watercolour 8k ins. x 13k ins. , T h e Tasmanian Museum a n d Ar t Gallery. Commonwealth National Library. 28 29