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An image of Carol singers by Roy de Maistre

Roy de Maistre

(Australia, England 27 Mar 1894–01 Mar 1968)

Title
Carol singers
Year
(1943)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on paperboard
Dimensions

94.0 x 73.8cm board; 117.0 x 97.0 x 5.3cm frame:

0 - Whole; 93 x 72.5cm; SIGHT DIMENSION

Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, yellow oil "R.de Maistre". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of Patrick White 1974
Accession number
43.1974
Copyright
© Caroline de Mestre Walker
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (8)

Editor Unknown (Editor), Sotheby's Melbourne: Important Australian Art, 25 & 26 August 2008, Australia, 2008, 153 (colour illus.). NOTE: A variation of the painting in the AGNSW's collection.

Helen Verity Hewitt (Australia) (Author), Patrick White, painter, manqué: paintings, painters and their influence on his writing, Carlton, 2002, 131.

Lynne Seear (Australia) (Editor), Julie Ewington (Australia) (Editor), Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965, South Brisbane, 1998, 220.

Heather Johnson (Author), Roy de Maistre: The english years, New South Wales, 1995, 56 (illus.).

'Painting's influence on literature' by Daniel Thomas., The Sydney Morning Herald 14 Sep 1976, 14 Sep 1976.

Daniel Thomas (Curator), Project 14: Roy de Maistre 1894-1968, Sydney, 1976, (illus.). cat.no. 22

Sir John Rothenstein (England, b.1901, d.1992) (Author), Bryan Robertson (b.1925) (Author), Roy de Maistre: A retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings from 1917-1960, London, 1960, 13. cat.no. 54; dated: 1943; Collection of Patrick White, Esq.

Macquarie Galleries (Australia, estab. 1925, closed 1993) (Author), Pioneer contemporaries: Roy de Maistre, Grace Cossington Smith, Roland Wakelin, Sydney, 1960. cat.no. 10; Kindly lent by Mr. Patrick White

Exhibition history (4)

UNESCO Exposition Internationale d'Art Moderne, Musee d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, 18 Nov 1946–Dec 1946.

Roy de Maistre: Retrospective exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917-1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, May 1960–Jun 1960.

Pioneer contemporaries: Roy de Maistre, Grace Cossington Smith, Roland Wakelin, Macquarie Galleries, 23 Nov 1960–02 Dec 1960.

Project 14 - Roy de Maistre: 1894-1968 (1976), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Sep 1976–04 Oct 1976.