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Details
- Other Titles
- The Art Gallery of New South Wales
The National Art Gallery of New South Wales - Date
- (circa 1912)
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour monotype on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 19.6 x 19.2 cm image; 20.0 x 19.7 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1986
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 161.1986
- Copyright
- Artist information
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J J Hilder
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About
J J Hilder was born at Toowoomba, Queensland. Greatly admired by his contemporaries, both artists and collectors, for his atmospheric watercolours; his career was cut short by his premature death from tuberculosis. Principally a watercolourist, he exhibited his first works in August 1907 at the Society of Artists exhibition in Sydney. Poor health deterred him from painting in oils, but he did make a small number of monotypes using oil paint between 1911 and 1913. Harry Julius, a colleague and friend of the artist, recalled in 1918:
I showed him a simple method of making monotypes, and for a time he was absorbed in it. The process was that of painting in oils on a piece of glass, placing a sheet of damp blotting paper on the painting and then rolling a bottle over the paper to get an impression. It is a tricky method, and amused him for a while.
(Harry Julius, 'Recollections of Hilder', Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram Stevens (eds), 'The Art of J J Hilder', Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1918, pg. 30).excerpt from Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'Australian prints in the Gallery's collection', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 21 Apr 1966–15 May 1966
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), City Hall, Toowoomba, Toowoomba, 23 May 1966–29 May 1966
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 09 Jun 1966–03 Jul 1966
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 14 Jul 1966–07 Aug 1966
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Launceston, 18 Aug 1966–11 Sep 1966
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Melbourne, 22 Sep 1966–23 Oct 1966
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Nov 1966–04 Dec 1966
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, 15 Dec 1966–08 Jan 1967
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 19 Jan 1967–12 Feb 1967
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, 23 Feb 1967–19 Mar 1967
Australian prints from the Gallery's collection (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Nov 1998–07 Feb 1999
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Captain Brett Hilder., Jesse Jewhurst Hilder: anniversary exhibition, 'Introduction', Brisbane, 1966. cat.no. 14; titled 'The National Gallery of New South Wales'
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Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, Australian prints from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 1998, 37 (colour illus.). cat.no. 21
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