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Details
- Date
- 1976
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 81.5 x 106.5 cm stretcher; 101.3 x 126.4 x 6.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, black oil "S.Herman.76".
- Credit
- Gift of the artist in memory of his wife Wanda 1982
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 289.1982
- Copyright
- © Sali Herman Estate
- Artist information
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Sali Herman
Works in the collection
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About
Sali Herman did not arrive in Australia until 1937, aged 39, by which time he was a mature artist whose tastes and style had been formed by the European traditions absorbed in his early life. Herman found inspiration in the Australian urban environment particularly Sydney. He became a master of intimate, evocative and sometimes melancholy visions of what were once considered the backwaters or humble corners of the city. A prolific painter and traveller until the 1970s Herman enjoyed many successful exhibitions, both in Australia and overseas, and was the subject of a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1981. 'Forum, Rome' was painted from experiences on one of Herman's periodic trips to Europe from the mid 1970s.
Barry Pearce,'Older Australian masters', Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1992
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Sali Herman retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Jul 1981–26 Jul 1981
Sali Herman retrospective, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Feb 1982–Mar 1982
Sali Herman retrospective, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 09 Oct 1991–02 Nov 1991
Sali Herman retrospective, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Launceston
Sali Herman retrospective, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Sali Herman retrospective, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Sali Herman retrospective, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Sali Herman retrospective, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara series from the collection of CRA Limited, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, , 04 Oct 1985–06 Nov 1985
Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Jan 1991–10 Mar 1991
Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 28 Mar 1991–28 Apr 1991
Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, 04 May 1991–09 Jun 1991
Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 21 Jun 1991–04 Aug 1991
Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18 Aug 1991–29 Sep 1991
Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Mar 1992–12 Apr 1992
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Barry Pearce, Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, 'Sali Herman', pg. 67-84, Sydney, 1991, 82 (colour illus.), 111. cat.no. 60
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Barry Pearce., Older Australian masters: an exhibition of works by major Australian artists executed in the later years of their careers, 'Preface', Sydney, 1991, (colour illus.). not paginated, no catalogue numbers
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Barry Pearce and Patrick McCaughey, Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara Series, Tokyo, 1985, 28 (colour illus.). cat.no. 11
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Barry Pearce, Sali Herman, Sydney, 1981, 86 (illus.). cat.no. 105
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