J J Hilder
(Australia 23 Jul 1881–Apr 1916)
- Title
- Boys fishing or The compleat anglers
- Other titles:
- Boys Fishing (The Compleat Anglers)
- Year
- 1912
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
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45.5 x 55.7cm sight
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., blue watercolour "J. J. HILDER/ 1912".
- Credit
- Gift of Robert O Albert 2003
- Accession number
- 21.2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
J J Hilder's watercolours had broad appeal to Australian taste in the early 20th century. He produced a significant body of watercolours that offer a romantic and intimate glimpse of the Australian landscape. The majority of his subjects were taken from the environs of Sydney. His career lasted just a decade, cut short by his premature death in 1916, but by this time his work was lauded by the art world; his work was the subject of the first significant monograph on an Australian artist (Sydney Ure Smith 'The art of J J Hilder' Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1918), and fifteen watercolours alone were gifted to the AGNSW by Howard Hinton in the year following Hilder's death.
This watercolour is closely related to another version in the AGSA collection ('The fishermen' 1909, 25.8 x 28.1 cm), purchased in 1942, however, it is a larger version painted, with some alterations, three years later.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003
- Bibliography (4)
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'Australian PDW Benefactors' by Anne Ryan., Foundation Newsletter #2 May 2003, May 2003, (colour illus.).
Deutscher Fine Art (Sydney), Australian art: colonial to modern, Sydney, 1986, (illus.). cat.no. 57
Captain Brett Hilder (Australia, b.1911, d.1981) (Author), Lloyd Rees (Australia, b.1895, d.1988) (Author), The heritage of J. J. Hilder, Sydney, 1966, (illus.). plate no. III
Queensland Art Gallery (Australia, estab. 1895) (Author), Captain Brett Hilder (Australia, b.1911, d.1981) (Author), Jesse Jewhurst Hilder: anniversary exhibition, Brisbane, 1966. cat.no. 27; titled 'Boys Fishing (The Compleat Anglers)'; Collection of Mr Bim Hilder.
- Exhibition history (13)
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J.J. Hilder memorial exhibition (1916), Society of Artists, 14 Jul 1916 -.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Queensland Art Gallery, 21 Apr 1966–15 May 1966.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), City Hall, Toowoomba, 23 May 1966–29 May 1966.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Newcastle City Art Gallery, 09 Jun 1966–03 Jul 1966.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 14 Jul 1966–07 Aug 1966.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, 18 Aug 1966–11 Sep 1966.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 22 Sep 1966–23 Oct 1966.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Nov 1966–04 Dec 1966.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Canberra Theatre Centre, 15 Dec 1966–08 Jan 1967.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), National Gallery of South Australia, 19 Jan 1967–12 Feb 1967.
Jesse Jewhurst Hilder anniversary exhibition (1966-1967), Western Australian Art Gallery, 23 Feb 1967–19 Mar 1967.
Australian Art: colonial to modern, Deutscher Fine Art (Perth), 20 Aug 1986–25 Aug 1986.
Australian Art: colonial to modern, Deutscher Fine Art (Sydney), 05 Sep 1986–13 Sep 1986.
