Jubilee exhibition of Australian art

UNKNOWN J EAN MARY BELLETTE, b. 1909 119 ME E T O F MELBOURNE HOUNDS A T ST. K I LDA Born Ho b a r t . Studied u n d e r J u l i a n Ashton i n Sydney, later u n d e r Meninsky a n d Gertler i n London. Also studied i n Paris. Awarded t h e S u l m a n Prize for genre painting, 1942 a n d 1944. Indecipherable signature; l.r. Oil on canvas, 24 ins. x 36 ins. 123 ELECTRA By courtesy o f the Athenaeum Club, Melbourne. Signed J . B . ; l.r. Oil on paper on masonite, 22 ins. x 28 ins. National Ar t Gallery o f N.S.W. WA L T ER W I THERS , 1754-1914 Bo r n Staffordshire. Studied i n L o n d o n a n d Paris. C a m e t o Melbourne i n 1882. A contemporary o f A R T H U R ME RRIC B L O O M FIELD BOYD , b. 1920 Roberts, Streeton a n d Conder. Depicted t h e subdued light o f winter, d a w n o r dusk i n a sensitive a n d Born Melbourne. This self-taught artist began painting landscapes a t t h e age o f fourteen. H e gradually personal style. became mo r e interested i n figure a n d landscape composition, a n d this example shows well t h e verve and imagination which characterise his work. 120 TRANQU I L W I N T E R 124 T H E M I N I NG TOWN Signed a nd dated Walter Withers, 1895; 1.1. Signed Arthur Boyd; 1.r. Oil on canvas, 30 ins. x 48 ins. Oil and tempera on masonite, 341 ins. x 421 ins. National Gallery o f Victoria. By courtesy o f the Artist. W I L L I AM BLAMIRE Y O U N G , 1862-1935 N O E L C O U N I H A N , b.1914 Born England. Arrived Sydney 1885. Visited England 1893, wh e r e h e became associated with J a m e s Born Melbourne. Began as a caricaturist for t h e weekly press o f Melbourne a t t h e age o f nineteen. Depicted P r y d e a n d William Nicholson i n t h e creation o f decorative poster designs. His graceful watercolours t h e life o f t h e unemployed i n drawings a n d paintings. show t h e artist's gift for p a t t e r n a n d fantasy. 125 A T T H E START O F T H E MARCH , 1932 121 R OMAN ARCH , painted c. 1932 Signed and dated Counihan, 32; 1.1. Signed Blamire Young; 1.1. Oil o n masonite, 26 ins. x 23 ins. Watercolour, 17 ins. x 221 ins. National Art Gallery o f New South Wales. F r om the Collection o f Miss L. M . a nd Mr . Allan R. Henderson. W I L L I AM DOBELL , b. 1899 Born Newcastle, N e w South Wales. Studied i n Sydney u n d e r J u l i a n Ashton a n d a t t h e Slade School, London. R e t u r n e d to Australia i n 1939. Dobell's subject ma t t e r is d r a w n from t h e life o f the modern city. His searchingly analysed portraits reveal a penetrating, often slightly satirical grasp o f character, expressed i n a n exquisite r h y t hm o f brushwork a n d subtle colour. 126 T H E I R I SH YOUTH I V CONTEMPORARY ART Signed Dobell; u.r. Oil on canvas, 2 11 ins. x 17 ins. F r om the Collection o f Miss Mitty Lee Brown. L E ON A R D L LOYD A N N O I S , b. 1906 127 MARGARET OLLEY Born Melbourne, where h e studied. Specialises i n landscape watercolours, i n which h e forever searches Signed and dated William Dobell, 48; 1.1. for fresh subjects, often d r a w n f r om n e a r view formations o f rock, d e a d wood a n d seaweed, which h e Oil on masonite, 45 ins. x 33J ins. weaves into patterns o f satisfying colour a n d subtle texture. I National Ar t Gallery o f New South Wales. 122 SEA P OO L *128 WOMAN I N CAFE, painted 1933 Signed a n d dated Len Annois, 1949; l.r. Signed W. Dobell; 1.r. Watercolour, 13 ins. x 18 ins. Oil on wood panel, 9 ins. x 9 ins. F r om the Collection o f Daryl Lindsay Esq. I From the Collection o f Sir Keith Murdoch. 42 1 43