DOI Heft:
No. 241 (April 1913)
DOI Artikel:The public art galleries of Australia
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21160#0233
The Public A rt Galleries of A ustralia
" CIRCE " BY BERTRAM MACKENNAL, A.R.A.
(Felton Bequest, Melbourne)
Dinet's Snake Charmer, Melton Fisher's impres-
sion of a Venetian cafe, a portrait by Lavery, and
Hoffbauer's Sur les Toits, in which the artist de-
picts a group at supper on a roof-garden in New
York. Although on the roof, it can be seen that
there are higher ones all round them, the skyscrapers
being illumined in the dark background. The
original picture which Hoffbauer sent to the Salon
in 1905 was the work of many months, but when
hung it dissatisfied the artist, who got permission to
take it back to his studio for alterations. He re-
arranged his models and painted a fresh composi-
tion in eight days, the painting being hailed as one
of the works of the year. The Visit of the Queen
of Sheba to King Solomon by Sir E. J. Poynter,
Wedded by Lord Leighton, and The Captive by Sir
J. E. Millais are the most prominent among the
Academy works ; and among the landscapes there
are examples by Sir Alfred East, David Murray,
and G. H. Mason. Phil May and others appear
in the black-and-white section. During the three
years May spent in Australia he did over 900
drawings for the "Bulletin." His political cartoons
and his series of caricatures, "People we meet
210
when we go out without our gun," added much to
the merriment of the nation.
We may now proceed to mention the principal
Australian pictures. Streeton, the most brilliant
of our landscape painters, is represented by Still
Glides the Stream and Cremorne Pastoral, two of
his most spontaneous impressions; and JVearing
the Camp is a good example of the work of the late
John Ford Paterson, to whose knowledge and
insight Australia is indebted for some of our rarest
interpretations of the mystery of the bush. In this
picture there is the feeling of vastness which is one
of the most striking features of the landscape.
The most imaginative of our artists is Syd Long,
the painter of Flamingoes; Rupert Bunny is pro-
minent among the figure painters, and Longstaff
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"ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY "
BY ALFRED GILBERT
(Fellon Bequest, Melbourne)
" CIRCE " BY BERTRAM MACKENNAL, A.R.A.
(Felton Bequest, Melbourne)
Dinet's Snake Charmer, Melton Fisher's impres-
sion of a Venetian cafe, a portrait by Lavery, and
Hoffbauer's Sur les Toits, in which the artist de-
picts a group at supper on a roof-garden in New
York. Although on the roof, it can be seen that
there are higher ones all round them, the skyscrapers
being illumined in the dark background. The
original picture which Hoffbauer sent to the Salon
in 1905 was the work of many months, but when
hung it dissatisfied the artist, who got permission to
take it back to his studio for alterations. He re-
arranged his models and painted a fresh composi-
tion in eight days, the painting being hailed as one
of the works of the year. The Visit of the Queen
of Sheba to King Solomon by Sir E. J. Poynter,
Wedded by Lord Leighton, and The Captive by Sir
J. E. Millais are the most prominent among the
Academy works ; and among the landscapes there
are examples by Sir Alfred East, David Murray,
and G. H. Mason. Phil May and others appear
in the black-and-white section. During the three
years May spent in Australia he did over 900
drawings for the "Bulletin." His political cartoons
and his series of caricatures, "People we meet
210
when we go out without our gun," added much to
the merriment of the nation.
We may now proceed to mention the principal
Australian pictures. Streeton, the most brilliant
of our landscape painters, is represented by Still
Glides the Stream and Cremorne Pastoral, two of
his most spontaneous impressions; and JVearing
the Camp is a good example of the work of the late
John Ford Paterson, to whose knowledge and
insight Australia is indebted for some of our rarest
interpretations of the mystery of the bush. In this
picture there is the feeling of vastness which is one
of the most striking features of the landscape.
The most imaginative of our artists is Syd Long,
the painter of Flamingoes; Rupert Bunny is pro-
minent among the figure painters, and Longstaff
HHBHSHHHBBflflHHHHBHHHBHH
"ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY "
BY ALFRED GILBERT
(Fellon Bequest, Melbourne)