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Collectors Exhibition

Traditional & Modern

Opens

Sunday 17th April  2 - 5pm

(Until 1/5/05)

Catalogue

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Ernest Edwin Abbott  1888 – 1973

Printmaker, painter and art teacher.  After leaving school he worked as a signwriter and migrated to Western Australia in 1910, later moving to South Australia .  He taught art until he moved to Melbourne in about 1917 and opened a studio.  He made intaglio prints and etchings, and painted watercolours and pastels depicting Egyptian, Australian and English scenery, selling them locally and in Europe .

1. Middle Eastern Scene With Arabs and Camels  c.1925

Watercolour and bodycolour, signed lower right

23.5 x 46.5cm

$850 

John Allcot  1888 – 1973

Australia ’s best known 20th Century marine artist.

1970 awarded an OBE.  Historical marine paintings are tradeable worldwide, with specialist galleries and auctions in Europe , Britain and the U.S.A.

Represented:  Most state galleries.

2. Clipper Ship At Sea

Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated 1941, lower left

24.5 x 33.5cm

$1,850  

3. Sophocles  c.1939

Oil on canvas on board, signed lower left

43 x 35.5cm

$9,500

Inscribed verso:   Aberdeen White Star Line.  Australia bound, with colonists and cargo.

Purchased from artist 1939.  

Portia Mary Bennett  1898 – 1989

Studied under Datillo Rubbo and at the Julian Ashton School .

Hotchin Prize 1952.  Represented:  National Gallery Australia and Art Gallery of W.A.

This is a rare, for the artist, major work in oil.

4. Banksias

Oil on board, signed lower right

98 x 71cm

$2,200  

William Rubery Bennett  1893 – 1987

Generally this artists works are more collectable from this period than his late works, as later, his use of colour was less evocative and the brush and knife work became less precise.

The inscription infers it is a work the artist chose not to sell.  Indeed, the works provenance is that is was released from the artist’s estate c.1998.

Studied at the Royal Queensland Art Society School .  Represented: National Gallery Victoria , Queensland Art Gallery , Australian National Gallery, Canberra .

5. The Blue MacDonnells  c.1940’s

Oil on board, signed lower right

14.5 x 19cm

$2,950

Inscribed verso, with title and  “To Vi (the artists wife) from Rubery”  

Margaret Benoit  b.1941

6. Vineyard Scene

Oil on board, signed lower right

45 x 59cm

$8,500  

William Boissevain  b.1926

Born in New York .  Studied art in London and Paris .  Arrived in Australia 1947.  Helena Rubinstein Prize 1961, Perth Prize  1971, Claude Hotchin Prize 1959. Represented:  Australian National Gallery Canberra , Art Gallery of W.A., Art Gallery of Tasmania , University of W.A. and Murdoch University .  Awarded an O.B.E. for his services to art.

7. Nude

Oil on board, signed lower right, ‘81

88 x 96cm

$6,500  

8. Landscape

Oil on board, signed and dated 83, lower right

87 x 120cm

$7,500  

9. Rocky Shore, North of Trigg

Watercolour, signed and dated ’62, lower right

34 x 53cm

$1,450 

10. North West Scene

Watercolour, signed and dated ’62, lower right

52 x 72cm

$1,600

Sir Oswald Walters Brierly  b.England 1817; arr. Australia, 1841; d. London 1894

Marine painter and topographer.  Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1839.  Graphic Naval Historian during the Crimean War.  Accompanied the Prince of Wales up the Nile in 1868.  Appointed marine painter to Queen Victoria , 1874.  Knighted 1885.

Represented:  Most state galleries.  Also in major British public and private collections.

Although Brierly was appointed Marine Painter to Queen Victoria , he is collected by Australians because of his association with Australia .

He managed Ben Boyd’s whaling station at twofold Bay for 5 years and joined Captain Owen Stanley on his survey of the Great Barrier Reef and the Southern waters of New Guinea .  He again visited Sydney in 1867 with the Duke of Edinburgh.

In fact, the State Library of N.S.W. recently held an exhibition and published a catalogue of his works.

In 1851 he returned to England .  In 1854, he was commissioned by the Illustrated London News to document the Crimean War whilst serving on HMS St. Jean D’Acre in the Baltic Sea .  ( The subject of this painting).

It was after his return that  he benefited from royal patronage for the rest of his life. 

Whilst his work was influenced by the romantic movement, - like  all true marine artists, he was a rigorous observer of detail. 

This work clearly shows the flags of the allies during the conflict, British, French and Turkish. (The fourth flag is likely the pennant of a British aristocrat).

These small paddle steamers were very useful in the Baltic, due to their shallow draft and ability to maneuver amongst the ice, and in the tight shallow bays and narrow straits.   (A naval historian could quite likely work out the vessels name).

11. Paddle Steamer in the Baltic , during the Crimean War  c.1854

Watercolour and bodycolour, signed lower left

29 x 44cm

$5,500  

Judy Cassab  b.1920

Awards:  Archibald Prize for portraiture 1960, 1967.  Rubinstein Portrait Prize, 1964, 1965.  She is one of the best known portrait painters in Australia .

Represented:  Australian National Gallery, Canberra , state galleries in Adelaide , Brisbane , Hobart , Melbourne and Sydney .  

12. Portrait of Robert Juniper

Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated ’96, lower right

77 x 62cm

$6,800

Illustrated:  “Judy Cassab, Portraits of Artists & Friends”, p.97  

13. Coffee At Musee d’Orsay

Etching, 46/50, signed and dated 97,lower margin

29 x 24cm

$595  

Arturo Cruz  b. 1950

Arturo has been painting for 30 years and awarded many prizes in WA.  He has been commissioned for art works, including murals in the Philippines , WA & NSW, and is featured in the book ’A Century of Realism in Philippines Art’.

14. Children and Swans

Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated, 04, lower right

29 x 37cm

$1,950  

15. Vineyard Harvesting

Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated, 04, lower right

26 x 33cm

$1,950  

16. Fun At The Beach

Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated, 04, lower right

28 x 40cm

$1,950  

Elizabeth Durack  1915 – 2000

Born in Western Australia , Durack studied at the London Polytechnic.  She spent several years living on the Ivanhoe and Argyle cattle stations and much of her work reflects life in the north-west of Australia .  Awarded an OBE for her services to art in 1966.  She is represented in the National Collection, Canberra and in most state galleries.

In reference to Number 19.  “Army disposal sales were  being held.  At one auction a lot of RAAF mess table tops came up for sale.  Durack purchased them for 5 pounds, … upon these… scores of paintings were produced.  … but the whereabouts of very few of them are now known”.

 The Art of Elizabeth Durack.  Angus & Robertson Published 1982, p.21

17. Aboriginal Children At The Edge Of Town  1952

Mixed media, signed lower right

23 x 30cm

$850

Provenance:  Released from the artists’ estate  

18. Family Group  1951

Mixed media, signed upper right

42 x 32cm

$2,400

Provenance:  Released from the artists’ estate  

19. Equipment For Depths, Broome,  c.1945

Mixed media, on masonite, signed lower right

90 x 66cm

$3,800

Provenance:  McAlpine Collection  

Haughton Forrest  1825 – 1925

Marine and landscape painter.  Prince of Wales bought seven of his yachting pictures whilst he was living in Britain .

Arrived Tasmania 1876.  Well known for his ship portraits and Tasmanian lake and mountain landscapes. Typical of his work is a high standard of finish and close attention to detail.

Represented:  Most state galleries

This artist, due to having “two careers”, one in Britain then later in Australia , is equally well collected in both places.

20. Tasmanian Lake Scene  c.1895

Oil on board, signed with initials, lower left

11.5 x 21.5cm

$4,750  

Joseph Frost  b.1953

Born in Czechoslovakia , Joseph arrived in Australia in 1974.  A number of his paintings were bought by the Catholic Institute of Rome.  He quickly established himself in the forefront of realist painters, depicting scenes from Sydney Harbour and other marine subjects.  He is known for his meticulous brushwork and extreme detail, with his paintings often depicting the early or late light of the day.

21. Two Masted Vessel At Anchor

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

39 x 45cm

$5,200  

22. Perth Foreshore and Decoy

Oil on canvas, signed lower left

34.5 x 44cm

$7,200

23. Matilda Bay , Swan River

Hand coloured, copper plate etching, 3/90, signed and numbered lower margin

17 x 29.5cm

$875 

24. Leeuwin Off Fremantle At Sunset

Oil, signed lower left

15.5 x 25cm

$2,600

25. Morning Lights, Farm Cove

Oil, signed lower left

29.5 x 47cm

Audrey Greenhalgh  1903 – c.?1992

Studied under Robert Campbell. Vice President of Perth Society of Artists.  Painted mainly expressionistic  seascapes.

Represented:  Art Gallery Western Australia , Fremantle City Art Collection.

“The changing moods and patterns of the ocean were to become the dominant motif … Her deceptively simple compositions and the often vigorous paint handling … invoke the restlessness of the sea.  As Greenhalgh herself has said, she seeks the essence of a scene…”

W.A. Art & Artists 1900-1950, Published:  AGWA 1987, Janda Gooding, p.67.

Her early works are rarer and more sought after than the late works that appeared on the market from her estate.

26. Seascape and Beach

Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated ’47, lower left

30 x 38cm

$2,100

Provenance:  From the estate of her friend and fellow artist, Iris Francis.  

Percy Ivor Hunt  1903 – 1971

Studied under Daisy Rossi and later Linton.

A commercial artist originally, he later became a w3ell known art teacher himself.

27. Portrait Of The Artists Wife, Jean  c.1948

Watercolour, signed lower left

32 x 22cn

James Ranalph Jackson  1882 – 1975

Studies:  National Gallery Victoria School ; Paris ; London ; Europe 1925-26. Foundation member, Australian Academy of Art; Fellow, Royal Art Society of NSW. Member, Australian Art Association.

Represented:  Australian state galleries