Jubilee exhibition of Australian art

129 SADDLE-MY-NAG, painted 1939 1 D O N A L D STEWART LESLIE FRI END, b. 1915 Signed William Dobell; l.r. Born Sydney. Studied here a n d i n London. Spent two years i n Nigeria. His pictures o f native life F r om the Collection o f Norman Schureck Esq. 136 BOY W I T H FETISH Signed and dated Donald, 46 ; 1.1. Oil on wood panel, 18 ins. x 24 ins. depicted i n simplified form a n d rich colour values show his sympathy with negro culture. 130 STREET I N ROYAL OAK , LONDON , painted 1936 Oil on panel, 20 ins. x 24 ins. Signed W. Dobell; 1.1. National Gallery o f Victoria. Oil on wood panel, 12 ins. x 151 ins. From the Collection o f No rman Schureck Esq. I V O R HELE, b. 1912 GEORGE RUSSELL DRYSDALE, b. 1912 I Studied i n Adelaide a n d i n Europe. O f f i c i a l c a p a c i t y in the Middle East a n d South-West Pacific area. A n outstanding draughtsman, chiefly noted w a r artist i n 1941 a n d served throughout t h e w a r i n that Born Sussex, England. C a m e t o Australia as a child. Studied w i t h George Bell i n Melbourne a n d later for his compositions i n oils. i n London. Settled i n Sydney. T h e t h eme o f Drysdale's a r t is t h e life o f t h e outback. T h e strangely elongated, wiry figures, t h e b a r e streets a n d barren soil convey t h e harshness o f country life, transfigured 137 CLEANING FISH b y t h e iridescent light o f evening. Signed Ivor Hele; l.r. *131 ALBURY STAT I ON Oil on canvas, 30 ins. x 36 ins. Signed Drysdale; l.r. By courtesy o f the Artist. Oil on canvas, 24 ins. x 30 ins. F r om the Collection o f Miss Mitty Lee Brown. 132 SO I L EROSION Signed Russell Drysdale; 1.r. SALI H E RMAN , b. 1898 Oil on canvas, 331 ins. x 43J ins. Born Switzerland. Studied a r t i n Zurich. L a t e r became a n a r t dealer. C a m e t o Australia i n 1937 F r om the Collection o f Warwick Fairfax Esq. a n d took u p painting as a career. Official W a r Artist 1945-46. His formalized work excels i n delicate texture a n d subtle colours. 133 T W O CH I LDREN 138 LAW COURTS Signed Russell Drysdale; l.r. Signed and dated S. Herman, 46 ; l.r. Oil on panel, 231 ins. x 191 ins. Oil on canvas, 24 ins. x 32 ins. National Gallery o f Victoria. I National Gallery o f Victoria. A D R I A N FE I NT , b. 1894 J O H N D R U M M O N D MOORE , b. 1888 Bo r n N e w South Wales. Studied i n Sydney. K n o w n for his etched a n d woodcut book-plates a n d decora- Born Sydney, where h e studied. Practises as a n architect a n d as a professional painter. Travelled in tive flowerpieces i n oils a n d watercolours. America a n d Europe, 1913-19. Am o n g t h e most progressive Sydney artists o f his generation. 134 TR I BUTE T O N I G H T 139 TASMANIAN PANORAMA Signed and dated Adrian Feint, 1950; Lr. Signed and dated J o h n D. Moore, '25; l.r. Oil on masonite, 23J ins x 19 ins. Oil on canvas, 10 ins. x 15 ins. National Gallery o f Victoria. National Gallery o f Victoria. W I L L I AM FRATER, b. 1890 I A R T H U R MU R C H , b. 1902 Born Scotland. Studied a t Glasgow a n d London. Settled i n Melbourne i n 1914. Together with mo d e r n movement i n Melbourne. Depicts his figure subjects i n a romantic light a n d broken colours. 135 T H E R E D HA T 140 T H E I DLE HOUR Born Sydney; trained here a n d i n Europe. O n his return t o Sydney worked with George Lambert. Arnold Shore became interested i n t h e work o f v a n Go g h a n d Cezanne a b o u t 1925, a n d thus initiated the Signed William Frater; l.r. Signed and dated Murch, 33; l.r. Oil on canvas, 35 ins. x 28 ins. Oil on canvas, roundel, dia. 32 ins. National Gallery o f Victoria. National Ar t Gallery o f New South Wales. 44 1 45