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Details
- Other Titles
- The oak hill
A sketch - Date
- 1888
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 53.7 cm sight
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., brown watercolour "J. Mather. 88".
- Credit
- Purchased 1888
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 4401
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Mather
Works in the collection
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About
John Mather was born in Scotland and studied in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Paris before coming to Australia in 1878. A landscape painter, teacher and etcher, he was a trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria, a Felton Bequest Committee member and President of the Victorian Artists Society. The trees in this watercolour appear to be Allocasuarina littoralis, or black sheoaks.
excerpt from Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, '19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels in the Gallery's collection', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Victorian Artists Society Spring Exhibition (1888), Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, Nov 1888 -
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Katoomba Town Hall, Katoomba, 06 Mar 1951–20 Mar 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Lithgow Council Chambers, Lithgow, 03 Apr 1951–17 Apr 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Cowra Town Hall, Cowra, 22 May 1951–05 Jun 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Grenfell Council Chambers, Grenfell, 19 Jun 1951–03 Jul 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Young Public Library, Young, 14 Aug 1951–28 Aug 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Cootamundra Council Chambers, Cootamundra, 18 Sep 1951–02 Oct 1951
An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Wagga Wagga Council Chambers, Wagga Wagga, 20 Oct 1951–30 Oct 1951
Nineteenth century Australian watercolours from the collection (1991), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1991–07 Jul 1991
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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Jean Campbell, Australian watercolour painters: 1780 to the present day, 'The 1880s and 1890s: Victoria and New South Wales', pg. 62-81, Sydney, 1989, 64 (illus.). titled 'The oak hill'
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 2005, 90 (colour illus.).
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Nineteenth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1991. cat.no. 52
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales, An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Australian Commonwealth Jubilee celebrations 1951, Sydney, 1951. cat.no. 7; titled 'A sketch'
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Bernard Smith, 100 years of Australian painting, 'Foreword', pg. 2-4, Sydney, 1948, 13. watercolours cat.no. 5; titled 'A sketch'
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