Louis Buvelot
(Australia, Switzerland, Brazil 03 Mar 1814–30 May 1888)
- Title
- Bacchus Marsh, Werribee Creek
- Place of origin
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Victoria →
Australia
- Year
- 1876
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- pencil, grey wash
- Dimensions
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37.1 x 55.6cm sight; 63.5 x 79.3 x 3.9cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner, pencil "LB .6/ 1876/ ...".
- Credit
- Edward Stinson Bequest Fund 1997
- Accession number
- 280.1997
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
In spite of its humble focus on foreground and scrubby trees, 'Bacchus March, Werribee Creek' is a drawing of understated grandeur. A relatively large drawing for Buvelot, it was doubtless intended for exhibition as a finished work. The intensity of Buvelot's involvement in his subject is obvious - it is a drawing of a scene most would overlook. The drawing has a quiet mystery; the experience it gives of a curving dirt path underfoot, a mound of earth with scrub directly ahead and distant hills and grey, atmospheric sky is both absorbing and satisfying. It represents a solitary moment of reflection when seemingly unspectacular everyday experience becomes poetic and memorable.
- Bibliography (3)
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Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Patricia James (Author), 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 2005, 10, 64 (collour illus.).
'A Buvelot Drawing in 'Australian Drawings from the Gallery's Collection'' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 21, Look Feb 1998, Feb 1998, 21 (colour illus.).
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 21 (illus.). cat.no. 5
- Exhibition history (3)
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Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.
19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005.
Themes and Variations: Australian drawings from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 17 Oct 2008–30 Nov 2008.
