Jubilee exhibition of Australian art

D U N C A N M A X MELDRU M. b. 1875 112 BOURKE STREET , MELBOURNE , 1885 Born Edinburgh. C a m e t o Melbourne a t t h e age o f fourteen. Studied here a n d i n Paris. Established a n Signed T om Roberts; l.r. influential a r t school in Melbourne. T h e most important representative o f tonal painting i n Australia; Oil on canvas, 191 ins. x 291 ins. his closely argued theories o n a r t h a v e been published in his The Science o f Appearances, Sydney, 1950. Commonwealth National Library. 106 PORTRA I T O F T H E ART I ST ' S MOTHER Signed Meidrum; 1.r. Oil on canvas, 23 ins. x 18 ins. 113 T H E BREAK-AWAY, painted in 1891 National Gallery o f Victoria. Signed T o m Roberts; 1.1. Oil o n canvas, 5 3 j ins. x 651 ins. National Gallery o f South Australia. JAMES PETER Q U I N N , b.1871 Bo r n Melbourne, where h e studied. We n t to Paris i n 1894 a n d later settled i n London. Australian War Artist i n France, 1917-19 18, a n d for t h e C a n a d i a n W a r Records, 1919. R e t u r n e d t o Australia i n t h e 114 MADAM PFUND 'thirties. Best known for his sensitively painted portraits. Unsigned. 107 PORTRA I T O F MRS . O R D MARSHALL Oil on canvas, 371 ins. x 551 ins. Signed J . Qu i nn ; l.r. National Gallery o f Victoria. Oil on canvas, 40 ins. x 30 ins. By courtesy o f the Artist. H U G H RAMSAY, 1877-1906 Born Glasgow; brought to Melbourne i n the following year. T r a i n e d i n Melbourne a n d Paris. Studied SIR A R T H U R STREETO N , 1867-1943 t h e work o f Velasquez, Ma n e t a n d Whistler. Wo n immediate recognition a t t h e N e w Salon i n Paris and was invited to exhibit i n London. Ill health compelled his return to Australia, where h e died a t t h e early Born Victoria. A friend o f Roberts, Mc C u b b i n a n d Conder, a n d prominent m e mb e r o f t h e 'Heidelberg age o f 29. School.' His best work depicts t h e g r a n d natural spectacle, t h e wide expanse, t h e steep descent, t h e blue distance a n d the intense light o f t h e woodland p a n o r ama o f Victoria a n d N e w South Wales, painted with 108 J EANNE clear realisation o f the unique qualities o f t h e Australian scene. Signed Hugh Ramsay; 1.1. *115 CREMORNE PASTORAL Oil on canvas, 50 ins. x 34 ins. F r om the Collection o f Mrs. J . Wicking. Signed and dated Arthur Streeton, Sydney, 1895; 1.1. Oil on canvas, 351 ins. x 53 ins. 109 RUB INSTE IN A T T H E P I ANO National Ar t Gallery o f New South Wales. Signed H . R . ; 1.1. Oil on canvas, 1 l ins. x 1 7 ins. F r om the Collection o f J . R . McGregor Esq. 116 NEAR HEIDELBERG Signed and dated Streeton, 90 ; 1.1. *110 T H E SISTERS Oil o n canvas, 2 0 j ins. x 15 ins. Signed and dated Hu g h Ramsay, 1904; 1.r. National Gallery o f Victoria. Oil on canvas, 491 ins. x 57 ins. National Art Gallery o f New South Wales. 117 O L D REDFERN STATION Signed and dated Arthur Streeton, 1893; 1.1. T o il on canvas, 17 ins. x 23 ins. • ' R O B E R T S , • o • I National Art Gallery o f New South Wales. Born Dorchester, England. C a m e to Australia as a boy. Studied abroad, where h e became acquainted with realism a n d open-air painting; together with Mc Cu b b i n , Streeton a n d Conder founded t h e 'Heidel- b e r g School' o f impressionism. I n t h e Break-Away, Bailed Up, a n d other pictures Roberts created realistic genre o f t h e outback life o f t h e early settlers. Also a distinguished portraitist. 118 ' T H E PURPLE NOON ' S TRANSPARENT MIGHT' *111 BAILED U P V I EW O N T H E HAWKESBURY R I VER , N E W S OU T H WALES Signed a nd dated T o m Roberts, 95/27; 1.1. Signed a nd dated Arthur Streeton, 1896; 1.1. Oil on canvas, 51 j ins. x 701 ins. Oil on canvas, 48 ins. x 48 ins. National Art Gallery o f New South Wales. National Gallery o f Victoria. 4 0 1 41