Title
Antibes
circa 1890-circa 1892
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Antibes
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Alpes-Maritimes
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France
- Date
- circa 1890-circa 1892
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 24.0 cm stretcher; 36.5 x 43.3 x 7cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., pencil "J.R./ .../9(illeg.)".
- Credit
- Gift of the Margaret Hannah Olley Art Trust 2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 190.2012
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Russell
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About
In Autumn 1890, John Peter Russell left Belle Île to see the Midi and Riviera, where Van Gogh and Monet had worked. He crossed France in a cart drawn by two horses and took a house for the winter in the ancient seaport of Antibes.
Enraptured by the landscape of the French Mediterranean peninsula, Russell produced some of the most dazzling canvases of his career. He painted numerous canvases during his time in Antibes, working out of doors in front of his subject in the southern light. A fine example from this period, 'Antibes' demonstrates Russell conviction to pursue pure colour and move away from the restraints of naturalistic form.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Fine Australian paintings, Sotheby's Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne, 18 Nov 1996–19 Nov 1996
Australia's Impressionists, National Gallery, London, London, 07 Dec 2016–26 Mar 2017
John Russell, Australia’s French impressionist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Jul 2018–11 Nov 2018
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Emily Hood and Joe Fusaro, The visual experience, 'Sharing ideas through value, color, space, and texture', pg. 136-195, Worcester, 2021, 148 (colour illus.), 480.
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Christopher Riopelle (Editor), Australia's impressionists, 'Catalogue', pg. 64-109, London, 2016, 102 (colour illus.), 117, 125. cat.no. 36
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Sotheby's Gallery Melbourne (Compilator), Fine Australian paintings, ‘Fine Australian and European paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and sculpture’, Melbourne, Nov 1996, (colour illus.). lot no. 19; estimated price $30,000-40,000; not paginated
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