James Gleeson
(Australia 21 Nov 1915–20 Oct 2008)
- Title
- Study for a painting
- Place of origin
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Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- circa 1947-circa 1948
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pen and sienna ink, wash
- Dimensions
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15.8 x 12.8cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Frank O'Keefe 1993
- Accession number
- 222.1993
- Copyright
- © Gleeson/O'Keefe Foundation
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
It was in Paris in 1947 that Gleeson first experience the incongruity of a nun in full habit with distinctive head-dress, riding a bicycle. This drawing includes nuns as shallow punts (which he termed 'nun-punts'), an image he used in a number of paintings including 'The harbour' 1948, 'The messengers' 1949 and 'The sewing circle' 1951. The drawing also reveals Gleeson's interest in dramatic subjects - disasters, fire, war - favoured by romantic and surrealist artists. This drawing was never developed into a painting.
Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan, 'James Gleeson: drawings for paintings', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003, pg. 46.
- Bibliography (1)
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Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Domain, 2003, 46 (colour illus.). cat.no. 10
- Exhibition history (1)
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James Gleeson: drawings for paintings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Apr 2003–15 Jun 2003.
