Lloyd Rees
(Australia 17 Mar 1895–02 Dec 1988)
- Title
- Sydney skyline from McMahons Point
- Other titles:
- Sydney skyline from McMahon's Point
- Year
- 1932
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour on white watercolour paper
- Dimensions
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27.2 x 33.5cm sheet; 57.2 x 61.5 x 3.8cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner, "L REES/ 1932".
- Credit
- Purchased with assistance from the artist 1986
- Accession number
- 304.1986
- Copyright
- © A & J Rees. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Further information
Sydney Harbour preoccupied Lloyd Rees as a subject in the 1930s, and he made many drawings of its environs. 'Sydney skyline from McMahon's Point' is a delicate and rare contrast to some of his more intensely worked and detailed pencil drawings, with gentle washes of watercolour. Unlike other artists of the time, Rees ignored the development of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a major engineering project of the day, preferring to concentrate on distant views of the city and the trees and rock formations that skirted the harbour foreshores.
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
- Bibliography (12)
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Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 196 (colour illus.), 301.
Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Bruce James (Australia) (Author), John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Peter Pinson (Australia, b.1943) (Author), Gavin Fry (Author), Sasha Grishin AM (Australia) (Author), Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Author), Australian painters of the twentieth century, Roseville, 2000, 66 (colour illus.).
Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, Domain, 1999, 194 (colour illus.).
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 49 (colour illus.), 118-119. cat.no. 38
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Lloyd Rees Drawings - Centenary Retrospective, Sydney, 1995, 6 (colour illus.), cover (colour illus.), 48, 49 (illus.). cat.no. 40. The image on the cover is in detail.
'Draughtsman's contract' by Joanna Mendelssohn., The Bulletin with Newsweek 09 May 1995, 09 May 1995, 84 (colour illus.).
'Portrait of the artist as mentor' by Janet Hawley., Good weekend 04 Mar 1995, 04 Mar 1995, 33 (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, 127 (colour illus.). cat.no. 76
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 64
'The art of the Australian watercolour' by Hendrik Kolenberg., Look Apr 1989, Apr 1989, 21 (colour illus.).
Lloyd Rees (Australia, b.1895, d.1988) (Author), Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Lloyd Rees: an artist remembers, Sydney, 1987, 28. plate no. 6
'When collectors looked, not listened' by Elwyn Lynn., The Australian 15 Oct 1985, 15 Oct 1985, page unknown (illus.).
- Exhibition history (14)
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Sydney Harbour Bridge celebrations, Vickery's Galleries, 21 Mar 1932–03 Apr 1932.
Fine Australian paintings - Summer exhibition, Holland Fine Art, 01 Dec 1986–21 Dec 1986.
Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Apr 1989–25 Jun 1989.
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.
Lloyd Rees Drawings (1995-96), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Mar 1995–14 May 1995.
Lloyd Rees Drawings (1995-96), Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 09 Jun 1995–16 Jul 1995.
Lloyd Rees Drawings (1995-96), City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 01 Sep 1995–15 Oct 1995.
Lloyd Rees Drawings (1995-96), Queensland Art Gallery, 04 Nov 1995–01 Jan 1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996.
Lloyd Rees Drawings (1995-96), Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, 24 Jan 1996–11 Mar 1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1996–1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1996–1996.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
