Tom Roberts
(England, Australia 08 Mar 1856–14 Sep 1931)
- Title
- An autumn morning, Milson's Point, Sydney
- Place of origin
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Milsons Point →
Sydney →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1888
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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45.7 x 76.2cm stretcher; 65.3 x 96.0 x 5.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, red/brown oil "Tom Roberts/ Sydney 88".
- Credit
- Purchased 1983
- Accession number
- 27.1983
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
Roberts painted 'An autumn morning, Milson's Point' during a visit to Sydney in early 1888. The painting depicts the northern shores of the harbour that were only accessible by ferry at this time. A contemporary reviewer attributed the murky colour of the air to the pollution as a result of burning coal. Later, Roberts himself lived and painted in this area whilst staying in Mosman at Curlew Camp, Sirius Cove, during the early 1890s.
Whilst in Sydney, Roberts met Charles Conder and the two became friends, painting together at Coogee beach. 'Holiday sketch at Coogee', by Roberts, is a celebration of the white sand and blue water of this popular promenade and bathing site, especially the intensity of Sydney sunlight. Roberts' time in Sydney proved extremely influential on the young artist, and Conder followed him to Melbourne later that year to join the group of artist friends at Heidelberg.
- Bibliography (29)
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‘Barry Pearce’s next book-call it “segueing with intent”’ by Jill Sykes, pg. 28-29., Look Mar 2012, Mar 2012, 28.
John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Art of Australia. Vol. 1: Exploration to Federation, Sydney, 2008, 446 (colour illus.), 447.
Terence Lane (Editor), Australian Impressionism, Melbourne, 2007, 147, 106, 108, 322, 112 (colour illus.). cat.no. 6.4
Patrick H McCarthy (Australia, b.1933) (Author), Bailed up: the story behind the painting, Sydney, 2006, 60.
Rex Butler (Editor), Radical revisionism: an anthology of writings on Australian art, Brisbane, 2005, 168-169.
Ann Galbally (Australia) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934) (Author), Charles Conder 1868-1909, Domain, 2003, 21.
Nicola Teffer (Australia) (Curator), Rosie Nice (Australia) (Curator), Caroline Mackaness (Australia) (Curator), Sydney by ferry, Sydney, 2002, 7.
David Iggulden (Australia) (Author), The house by the bay: a history of 'Berowra' A.D. 1888, London, 2001, 50-51 (colour illus.), 53-54. illus.no. 9
Charles Pickett (Author), Nick Lomb (Australia) (Author), Observer & observed: a pictorial history of Sydney Observatory and Observatory Hill, Sydney, 2001, 54 (colour illus.), 55.
'Positions vacant' by Humphrey McQueen, pg. 21-23., Art Monthly Australia Sep 2000, Sep 2000, 21.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 58 (colour illus., detail), 59 (colour illus.), 302.
Okko Boer (Author), Masters of the Heidelberg School, Leichhardt, 1998, 10 (colour illus.). plate no. 6
Martin Terry (Australia) (Author), Maritime paintings of early Australia 1788-1900, Carlton South, 1998, 90-91 (colour illus.). plate no. 57
Humphrey McQueen (Author), Tom Roberts, Sydney, 1996, 242.
Ron Radford (Australia, b.1949) (Author), Humphrey McQueen (Author), Mary Eagle (Australia, b.1944) (Author), Virginia Spate (Australia) (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Leigh Astbury (b.1950) (Author), Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Tom Roberts, Adelaide, 1996, 74, 75 (colour illus.) 199 (illus.).
Tom Roberts: Education guide 1996, 1996, colour illus..
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Patricia McDonald (Editor), Haruo Arikawa (Japan) (Author), Chikashi Kitazaki (Japan) (Editor), Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992, 89 (colour illus.). cat.no. 44
Bryce Moore (Author), The Voyage out: sea travel to Australia, 1829-1921, Fremantle, 1991, 1 (colour illus.).
Leigh Astbury (b.1950) (Author), Sunlight and shadow: Australian impressionist painters 1880-1900, Rushcutters Bay, 1989, 34.
Jane Clark (Australia) (Author), Bridget Whitelaw (Author), Golden summers: Heidelberg and beyond, Melbourne, 1985, 95 (colour illus.).
Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 2 - Plates, Melbourne, 1985, 103 (colour illus.). plate no. 45
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, frontispiece (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), A century of Australian landscape: mood and moment, Sydney, 1983, cover (colour illus.), 14, 33 (colour illus.). cat.no. 16
Sotheby's Australia (Australia) (Author), Catalogue of Australian and European paintings and Oriental ceramics and works of art, Melbourne, Mar 1983, 38 (colour illus.), 39. lot no. 54
'Melbourne gossip.' by our Lady correspondent, pg. 3., The West Australian 29 May 1888, 29 May 1888, 3.
Author Unknown (Author), Victorian Artists Society Catalogue of Autumn Exhibition 1888, Melbourne, May 1888, 14. cat.no. 87
Argus 30 Apr 1888, 30 Apr 1888, 11.
Table talk 27 Apr 1888, 27 Apr 1888, 2.
Age 20 Apr 1888, 20 Apr 1888, 6.
- Exhibition history (17)
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Victorian Artists Society Autumn Exhibition (1888), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], May 1888–1888.
A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Peking Art Gallery, Oct 1983–Dec 1983.
A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Shanghai Art Gallery, Oct 1983–Dec 1983.
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 30 Oct 1985–27 Jan 1986.
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Feb 1986–20 Apr 1986.
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of South Australia, 09 May 1986–29 Jun 1986.
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 30 Jul 1986–14 Sep 1986.
Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 28 Apr 1992–28 Jun 1992.
Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 14 Jul 1992–06 Sep 1992.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of South Australia, 05 Oct 1996–17 Nov 1996.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 30 Nov 1996–27 Jan 1997.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 12 Feb 1997–06 Apr 1997.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1997–01 Jun 1997.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 11 Jun 1997–27 Jul 1997.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Sydney by ferry, Museum of Sydney, 13 Apr 2002–04 Aug 2002.
Australian Impressionism, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 31 Mar 2007–08 Jul 2007.
