Joy Hester
(Australia 21 Aug 1920–04 Dec 1960)
- Title
- Reclining female nude (Barbara Blackman)
- Alternative title:
- Portrait of Barbara
- Year
- 1955
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- brush and black ink on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
-
49.0 x 73.8cm sight; 63.0 x 89.1cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., pen and black ink "Joy Hester ´55".
- Credit
- Purchased 2001
- Accession number
- 361.2001
- Copyright
- © Joy Hester. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Joy Hester is well known for her association with John and Sunday Reed and the group of artists (including Hester’s first husband Albert Tucker), centred at the Reeds’ home, Heide, in 1940s Melbourne. Increasingly recognised
as an important artist in her own right, Hester’s work has been re-evaluated by art historians in recent years. She is now acclaimed for her highly expressionistic, personal drawings using brush and ink or watercolour.Hester made many images of people who were important to her – the subject of this drawing is Barbara Blackman, former wife of artist Charles Blackman. From the early 1950s Barbara Blackman modelled for several artists, including
John Brack, Constance Stokes and Fred Williams.- Bibliography (1)
-
'A revealing portrait: more than a drawing, this is about art, friendship and personal insights' by Denise Mimmocchi, pg. 11., Look Mar 2002, Mar 2002, 11 (illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Leave no space for yearning, the art of Joy Hester, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 25 Aug 2001–11 Nov 2001.
