Jubilee exhibition of Australian art

Born L o n d o n ; studied u n d e r Copley Fielding. Arrived Sydney 1835, where h e settled. Working in T R I P T O BALLAARAT, 1851 the English romantic landscape tradition, Martens interpreted the Australian scene with a feeling for t h e S i g n e d William Strutt del.; 1.1. d r a m a a n d subtle effects o f space a n d light reminiscent o f Turner. C O N R A D MARTENS , 1801-1878 j 50 L I ARDET ' S FOUR - I N - HAND COACH , T H E ' ECLI PSE , ' MAK I NG A *45 LOOK I NG EAST O V E R C I RCULAR QUAY R U M MI LLER ' S P O I N T Inscribed, E n Rou t e to the Diggings; 1. centre. Watercolour, 7 ins. x 13 ins. Unsigned; painted c. 1838. Parliamentary Library, Victoria. Watercolour, 16 ins. x 25+ ins. National Gallery o f Victoria. 44 ELIZABETH BAY AND ELIZABETH BAY HOUS E W . STUART Signed and dated C. Martens, 1839; 1.1. No details available. Watercolour, l f l ins. x 25+ ins. 51 KANGAROO H U N T NEAR BRA I DWOOD , N E W S O U T H WALES National Gallery o f Victoria. Unsigned. 46 SYDNEY F R O M CROW ' S NEST Oil o n canvas, 18+ ins. x 27 ins. Signed and dated C. Martens, 1851; l.r. F r om the N a n Kivell Collection by courtesy o f the Commonwealth National Library. Oil on canvas, 28+ ins. x 41+ ins. Dixson Gallery, Sydney. E. T U L L O C H , Middle 19th Century Nothing is known a b o u t this artist W . Moore suggests t h a t h e m a y b e related to Da v i d Tulloch, who published Five Views o f the Goldfields o f Mount Alexander and Ballarat in 1852. Gold was first found i n this district i n 1823. E. H . Hargraves announced his discoveries i n 1851 a n d stated t h a t they were made J O H N SK I NNER PR O U T , 1806-1876 i n t h e districts o f Bathurst a n d Wellington. Born Plymouth; nephew o f Samuel Prout, the English watercolourist. Visited Australia in 1840 a n d 52 M I N I NG CAMP A T BATHURST published a n umb e r o f lithograph books with views o f T a sma n i a , Melbourne, Geej ang, etc. Continued t h e romantic style o f T u r n e r a n d Samuel Prom. Unsigned. 47 BREAK O F DAY Oil on canvas, 17+ ins. x 23 ins. Signed and dated J . S. Prout, 1846; i.r. Dixson Gallery, Sydney. Watercolour, 18+ ins. x 12 ins. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston. UNKNOWN 53 T H E F I R S T COMM I S S I ONE R HARDY COL L ECT I NG L I CENCES AND D I GGERS EVADING J. ROPER, Middle 19th Century Pen a n d ink a n d watercolour, 14 ins. x 20+ ins. A n artist working o n a goldfield subject a t the same time as S T . Gill a n d E. Tulloch. T h e rush o n Ararat F r om the N a n Kivell Collection by courtesy o f t he Commonwealth National Library. b e g a n i n 1854. *48 GOLD DIGGINGS , ARARAT Signed a nd dated J . Roper, Arrarat (sic) 1854; 1.r. UNKNOWN Oil on canvas, 17 ins. x 29+ ins. T h e Mitchell Library, Sydney, has a coloured lithograph o f this with 'Henderson lith.' o n the left-hand Dixson Gallery, Sydney. corner. M r . W . H . Ifould, late Principal Librarian, Public Library, N e w South Wales, has n o t e d : 'I think i t . . . probably represents a gathering o n Anniversary Day.' 54 MRS . MACQUAR I E ' S CHA I R , 1855 Oil on canvas, 25 ins. x 35 ins. W I L L I AM STRUTT , 1825-1915 Dixson Gallery, Sydney. Born Devon. Studied Paris. Arrived Melbourne 1850. While in Australia created many-figured scenes o f everyday life o n t h e goldfields; after his return t o England in 1862 became known for biblical subjects a n d portraiture. UNKNOWN 49 T H E B U R K E AND WI LL S EXPED I T I ON , 1862 55 MCPHERSON'S S TORE , BENDIGO, VICTORIA Signed W. Strutt del.; l.r. Watercolour, 8+ ins. x 13+ ins. Watercolour, 6 ins. x 19+ ins. Public Library o f Victoria. F r om the N a n Kivell Collection b courtesy ofthe Commonwealth National Library. 30 31