Blamire Young
(Australia 1862–1935)
- Title
- Dry weather
- Year
- (circa 1912)
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
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56.0 x 76.8cm sight; 75.1 x 84.7 x 3.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., brown watercolour "BLAMIRE YOUNG". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1912
- Accession number
- 123
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
"When the mood took him, he surrounded himself with saucers brimming with pure colour ... Swiftly he would cover a sheet of paper with his great general tint. Into this before it was dry he would, in the most dexterous fashion, introduce some design out of his sketchbook. He would with the colour still wet, tilt the paper this way and that, letting the wash settle into forms which he would later utilise. His long experiments had given him a dexterity in the use of all sorts of inventions in the practise of water-colour which has certainly never been equalled by any Australian water-colourist."
Julian Ashton, 1917
Young was a leading practitioner in watercolour in Melbourne in the first decades of the twentieth century. His experimental approach using washing, scraping and rubbing back of the paper, highlights the staining and dilation inherent in the watercolour medium, especially when used in large formats. In Dry weather, he handles the massive forms of the landscape by the use of transparent layers to create an illusion of depth - recalling traditional Chinese watercolour in his use of non-linear space.
- Bibliography (22)
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Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 75, 77 (colour illus.), 146, 147.
Ron Radford (Australia, b.1949) (Author), Our country: Australian Federation landscape 1900-1914, Adelaide, 2001, 13 (colour illus.), 158.
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 36 (colour illus.), 116-117. cat.no. 24
Ian Burn (Australia; United States of America, b.1939, d.1993) (Author), National life and landscape - Australian painting 1900-1940, Sydney, 1990, 42 (colour illus.). plate no. 26
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 82
Jean Campbell (Australia) (Author), Australian watercolour painters: 1780 to the present day, Roseville, 1989, 94 (colour illus.).
Jean Campbell (Australia) (Author), Australian watercolour painters 1780-1980, Adelaide, 1983, 91 (colour illus.).
Elly Fink (Australia, b.1939) (Author), The art of Blamire Young, Sydney, 1983, 19 (colour illus.). cat.no. 15
Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), J.J. Hilder and contemporaries, Sydney, 1981, illus.. cat.no. 34
Jane de Teliga (Australia) (Author), Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1979, 10.
Elwyn Lynn (Australia, b.1917, d.1997) (Author), The Australian landscape and its artists, Rushcutters Bay, 1977, 56 (colour illus.).
'Australian collection' by Daniel Thomas, pg. 52-62., Art and Australia [vol. 10, no. 1] Jul 1972, Jul 1972, 54 (illus.).
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Australian painting 1788-1970, South Melbourne, 1971, 107 (illus.). plate no. 71
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), A selection of eighty-two reproductions mainly from the Australian collection and including examples from the British, French and Dutch [Art Gallery of New South Wales]., Sydney, 1959, (illus.). cat.no. 14
'The home forum', page unknown., The Christian Science monitor 14 Jan 1956, 14 Jan 1956, page unknown (illus.).
Herbert Badham (Australia, b.1899, d.1961) (Author), A gallery of Australian art, Sydney, 1954, xiv, illus.. plate no. 77
Herbert Badham (Australia, b.1899, d.1961) (Author), A study of Australian art, Sydney, 1949. plate no. 56
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), 100 years of Australian painting, Sydney, 1948, 13. watercolours cat.no. 7
Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836 to 1946, Domain, 1946, 5, 9. cat.no. 18
Australian Exhibition Commission (Australia) (Author), Catalogue: British Empire Exhibition (Wembley) 1924, 1924, 95. no catalogue numbers; Lent by the Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales
Elioth Gruner (New Zealand; Australia, b.1882, d.1939) (Organiser), Catalogue of an exhibition of the works of Australian artists, Sydney, 1923. cat.no. 145; Room VIII (Water Colours); not paginated
Elioth Gruner (New Zealand; Australia, b.1882, d.1939) (Organiser), The exhibition of Australian art to be held at the galleries of the Royal Academy London, 1923, Sydney, 1923. cat.no. 177; not paginated
- Exhibition history (29)
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Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1912), Society Rooms, Queen Victoria Markets, Nov 1912 -.
Exhibition of Australian art (1923), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], Jun 1923 -.
Exhibition of Australian Art (1923), Burlington House, 06 Oct 1923–03 Nov 1923.
British Empire Exhibition (1924), Empire Stadium, 23 Apr 1924–Oct 1925.
Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836-1946, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 24 May 1946–Jun 1946.
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948.
The Australian Landscape 1802-1975, Cultural Palace of the Nationalities, 02 Sep 1975–17 Sep 1975.
The Australian Landscape 1802-1975, Kiangsu Art Gallery, 23 Sep 1975–07 Oct 1975.
The Australian Landscape 1802-1975, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Nov 1975–30 Nov 1975.
Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Dec 1979–28 Jan 1980.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Aug 1981–04 Oct 1981.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Tamworth City Gallery, 04 Apr 1982–24 Apr 1982.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 06 May 1982–30 May 1982.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Wollongong City Gallery, 02 Jun 1982–14 Jul 1982.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Albury Regional Gallery, 09 Sep 1982–26 Sep 1982.
The art of Blamire Young, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 04 Aug 1983–11 Sep 1983.
The art of Blamire Young, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 16 Sep 1983–16 Oct 1983.
The great Australian art exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, 17 May 1988–17 Jul 1988.
The great Australian art exhibition, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 13 Aug 1988–25 Sep 1988.
The great Australian art exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Oct 1988–27 Nov 1988.
The great Australian art exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Dec 1988–05 Feb 1989.
The great Australian art exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 01 Mar 1989–30 Apr 1989.
Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Apr 1989–25 Jun 1989.
The great Australian art exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia, 23 May 1989–16 Jul 1989.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1996–1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1996–1996.
Our country: Federation landscapes 1900-1914, Art Gallery of South Australia, 14 Sep 2001–18 Nov 2001.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
