Jubilee exhibition of Australian art

Born York, England, b u t was b r o u g h t t o Adelaide a t three years o f age. Studied u n d e r his father a n d Born London. C a m e t o N e w S o u t h Wales i n 1883. J o i n e d Roberts, Mc C u b b i n a n d Streeton a n d became i n England a n d Paris. Settled i n Sydney in 1918, b u t m a d e m a n y trips abroad. A n Impressionist land- a prominent m e mb e r o f t h e 'Heidelberg School.' T h e delicate sense o f colour a n d pattern o f his Australian scape painter, Ashton later showed increasing interest i n colour-pattern a n d form. work foreshadows t h e romantic streak i n Conder's art, which c a m e t o t h e fore after his r e t u r n t o Europe T H E SEINE A T P O N T MARIE i n 1890, where h e became famous for his decorative fans a n d paintings i n a m a n n e r reminiscent o f rococo. J O H N W I L L I AM A S H T O N , O.B.E., b. 1881 CHARLES CONDER , 1868-1909 66 Signed and dated Will Ashton, 1932; l.r. 72 COVE O N T H E HAWKESBURY Oil on canvas, 23 ins. x 28J ins. Signed Conder; l.r. National Art Gallery o f New South Wales. Oil on panel, 14 ins. x 81 ins. National Gallery o f Victoria. 73 DEPARTURE O F S.S. ORIENT GEORGE H E N R Y FREDERICK BELL, b. 1878 Signed and dated Chas. Conder, Sydney, 1888; 1.1. Bo r n Melbourne. Studied a t t h e National Gallery School a n d i n Paris. Settled i n London. I n 1921 Oil on canvas, 171 ins. x 19 ins. returned to Melbourne, where h e later established a n influential school which has instructed a generation National Ar t Gallery o f New South Wales. o f y o u n g painters i n t h e post-impressionist approach t o art. 67 LULWOR TH COVE Signed George Bell; 1.1. 74 MENTONE PIER Oil on canvas, 28 ins. x 35 ins. Signed a nd dated Chas. Conder, 1888; 1.r. National Gallery o f Victoria. Oil on canvas, 17 ins. x 23 ins. F r om the Collection o f Mr . and Mrs. M. S. Atwill. RUPERT CHARLES W O L S T O N B U N N Y , 1864-1947 Born Melbourne. S p e n t t h e ma j o r p a r t o f his life abroad a n d derived his m a i n artistic inspiration from Signed and dated Charles Conder, Aug., 1888; l.r. France, where h e became a well-known painter and gained m a n y distinctions. His work, developing from Oil on canvas, 17J ins. x 23 ins. the academic t o the impressionist a n d post-impressionist approach, shows i n all phases a n outstanding gift National Gallery o f Victoria. for decorative design a n d colour a n d a love o f romantic a n d poetic subject matter. 1 SPRINGT IME , HEIDELBERG 68 ENDORMI ES I Signed Rupe r t C. W. Bunny; l.r. 1 Oil on canvas, 50 ins. x 78 ins. I National Gallery o f Victoria. i DAV I D DAVIES, 1863-1939 69 A F ARM I N PROVENCE Born Ballarat. Studied i n Melbourne a n d Paris. A contemporary o f Streeton, Mc C u b b i n a n d Withers. Worked n e a r Templestowe a n d Cheltenham between 1894-1897, painting nocturnes a n d twilight scenes. Oil on canvas, 23 ins. x 28 ins. R e t u r n e d t o England i n 1897. F r om the Collection o f Miss Christina Armstrong. *76 MOONR I SE , TEMPLESTOWE Signed monogram (RCWB); 1.r. Signed a nd dated D. Davies, '94; 1.r. 70 T H E RAPE O F PERSEPHONE Oil on canvas, 46 ins., x 58 ins. Signed monogram (RCWB) ; 1.1. National Gallery o f Victoria. Oil on canvas, 21 ins. x 3l J ins. F r om the Collection o f Daryl Lindsay Esq. ABRAM L OU I S BUVE LOT , 1814-1888 W I L L I AM FORD , d. about 1880 Born Switzerland; studied o n t h e continent. A landscape artist o f established reputation w h e n h e arrived A painter o f this n a m e exhibited enamel paintings a t t h e Royal A c a d emy i n London between 1845 and i n Melbourne i n 1865. T h e realist a n d lyric tradition o f t h e Barbizon School i n which h e h a d been trained 1864. C a m e t o Melbourne a b o u t 1870. R u p e r t Bu n n y received his first painting lessons from Ford. gave h i m a taste for simple rural scenes, which h e presented with m u c h independent observation a n d His Picnic Party depicts a holiday scene i n a picturesque setting, skilfully composed a n d executed i n enamel- fine craftsmanship. H e a n d his work were well known to Mc C u b b i n , Streeton a n d Roberts. like high finish. 71 S UMME R EVEN I NG NEAR TEMPLESTOWE 77 P I CNI C PARTY A T HANG I NG ROCK , N E AR M O U N T MACEDON Signed and dated Ls. Buvelot, 1866; l.r. Signed and dated W. Ford, 1875; l.r. Oil on canvas, 30 ins. x 46 ins. Oil on canvas, 31J ins. x 47 ins. National Gallery o f Victoria. National Gallery o f Victoria. 34 35