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Details
- Other Title
- The farm
- Date
- 1889
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.7 x 89.7 cm stretcher; 83.6 x 123.3 x 10.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, brown oil "J.Mather. 7.89.".
- Credit
- Purchased 1971
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 145.1971
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Mather
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 21 Apr 1983–22 May 1983
Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, 27 May 1983–19 Jun 1983
Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia, 25 Jun 1983–22 Jul 1983
Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Aug 1983–30 Sep 1983
Scottish Painters in Australia (2011), Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Castlemaine, 02 Apr 2011–08 May 2011
For Auld Lang Syne: images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 12 Apr 2014–27 Jul 2014
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Alison Inglis, For Auld Lang Syne: images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation, 'Patronage and plaid: Scottish-Australian artists and patrons of art in the colonial period', pg. 275-309, Ballarat, 2014, 285 (colour illus.), 287.
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John McDonald, Art of Australia. Vol 1: Exploration to Federation, 'The only truly representative Australian school of painting', pg. 357-418, Sydney, 2008, 365 (colour illus.), 366.
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Kirsten McKay, Scottish painters in Australia, 'Biographies: John Mather', pg. 44-46, Castlemaine, 2011, 44 (colour illus., detail), 45, 55.
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Ursula Prunster, Australian arcady: Landscape paintings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, 1983. cat.no. 6; Note no pagination text reference only.
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