Tom Roberts
(England, Australia 08 Mar 1856–14 Sep 1931)
Portrait of Florence
- Other titles:
- Florence Greaves
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
One of his finest, most sensitive portraits, Roberts' 'Portrait of Florence' was one of a number of paintings that were inspired by pretty women and a delight in the decorative fashions of the day. Florence Greaves was a painter and former pupil of Roberts, whose father W.A.B. Greaves owned Newbold Station (north of Grafton, New South Wales) where Roberts painted 'A mountain muster' 1897.
While highlighting Roberts’ ability to position and light his subjects to best advantage – a skill he had acquired during his time as a studio photographer – the delicate palette, particular attention to flesh colour and use of black, reveal influences from Whistler and Velásquez that Roberts had absorbed during his visit to England and the continent in 1882-1884.
- Place of origin
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Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
- Year
- (circa 1898)
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 66.6 x 38.7cm stretcher; 77.5 X 49.0 x 7.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Florence Turner Blake 1959
- Accession number
- OA10.1959
