George W Lambert
(Russia, Australia 1873–1930)
- Title
- John Sulman
- Other titles:
- Sir John Sulman, President of Trustees, National Art Gallery NSW
- Year
- 1925
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pencil on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
-
49.6 x 36.8cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., pencil "GW Lambert.1925".
- Credit
- Commissioned by the Trustees 1925
- Accession number
- 248
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
John Sulman (1849-1934) was a British-born architect who emigrated to Australia in 1884. He promoted town planning in Australia. Sulman was a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1899 (president from 1919); and on his death his family endowed the gallery with funds for the Sir John Sulman prize for genre painting and mural decoration.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003
- Bibliography (3)
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Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 604
Art in Australia [series 3, no. 57] 15 Nov 1934, 15 Nov 1934, 46 (illus.). Entry as "The Late Sir John Sulman".
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Author), Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), George Lambert, 1873-1930: drawings, Sydney, 1993, 59, 58 (illus.). cat.no. 66
- Exhibition history (3)
-
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.
George Lambert, 1873-1930: drawings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 Feb 1993–02 May 1993.
Lambert drawings, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, 10 May 1994–22 Jun 1994.
