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An image of A Victorian homestead by Nicholas Chevalier

Nicholas Chevalier

(United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand 09 May 1828–15 Mar 1902)

Title
A Victorian homestead
Other titles:
Gum trees, pool and cattle, Victoria
Gumtrees and pool
Gum trees and pool and cattle. Victoria.
Year
(circa 1860)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on cardboard on hardboard
Dimensions

39.4 x 58.4cm board; 62.0 x 80.5 x 6.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, dark brown oil "N.C.". Not dated.
Credit
Bequest of Mrs Nicholas Chevalier 1919
Accession number
4475
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

Simon Gregg (Author), Nicholas Chevalier: Australian odyssey, Sale, 2011, 186 (colour illus.). This work is cat.no. 17 in the exhibition and no. 41 in the 'Catalogue raisonné - paintings'.

Tracy Cooper-Lavery (Australia) (Author), Jane Clark (Australia) (Author), James Broadbent (Author), Town & country: Portraits of Colonial homes & gardens, Bendigo, 2005, 52. cat.no. 12

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Domain, 1991, 57 (colour illus.), 110. cat.no. 39

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), A century of Australian landscape: mood and moment, Sydney, 1983, 14, 22 (colour illus.). cat.no. 5

Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Australian arcady: Landscape paintings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, 1983, (illus.). cat.no. 2; not paginated.

Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), 100 years of Australian painting, Sydney, 1948, 5. cat.no. 2; titled 'Gumtrees and pool'.

Exhibition history (20)

100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948.

Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 21 Apr 1983–22 May 1983.

Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, 27 May 1983–19 Jun 1983.

Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, 25 Jun 1983–22 Jul 1983.

Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Aug 1983–30 Sep 1983.

A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Peking Art Gallery, Oct 1983–Dec 1983.

A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Shanghai Art Gallery, Oct 1983–Dec 1983.

Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Jan 1991–10 Mar 1991.

Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, 28 Mar 1991–28 Apr 1991.

Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Brisbane City Gallery, 04 May 1991–09 Jun 1991.

Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 21 Jun 1991–04 Aug 1991.

Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 18 Aug 1991–29 Sep 1991.

Town and country: Portraits of Colonial homes and gardens, Bendigo Art Gallery, 12 Mar 2005–17 Apr 2005.

Town and country: Portraits of Colonial homes and gardens, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 30 Apr 2005–12 Jun 2005.

Town and country: Portraits of Colonial homes and gardens, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 02 Jul 2005–14 Aug 2005.

Town and country: Portraits of Colonial homes and gardens, La Trobe Regional Gallery, 10 Sep 2005–23 Oct 2005.

Town and country: Portraits of Colonial homes and gardens, Geelong Art Gallery, 26 Nov 2005–05 Feb 2006.

Town and country: Portraits of Colonial homes and gardens, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, 18 Feb 2006–02 Apr 2006.

Nicholas Chevalier: Australian odyssey, Gippsland Art Gallery, 17 Sep 2011–13 Nov 2011.

Nicholas Chevalier: Australian odyssey, Geelong Art Gallery, 26 Nov 2011–12 Feb 2012.