Nicholas Chevalier
(United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand 09 May 1828–15 Mar 1902)
- Title
- Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Victoria
- Year
- 1860s
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on paperboard on hardboard
- Dimensions
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31.0 x 46.3cm board; 29.2 x 44.8cm sight edge;
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Mrs Nicholas Chevalier 1919
- Accession number
- 4476
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
A keen artist–traveller in the Romantic tradition, Nicholas Chevalier concentrated on effects of atmosphere, mood and dramatic lighting in his depictions of the iconic natural wonders he found at Cape Schanck, on the southernmost tip of Mornington Peninsula.
When Chevalier sketched the fantastically carved shapes of the rocks at Cape Schanck, he chose not to include any hints of human presence, although this remote part of the Victorian coast was already a tourist attraction for Melburnians in the 1860s.
- Bibliography (5)
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Simon Gregg (Author), Nicholas Chevalier: Australian odyssey, Sale, 2011, 192 (colour illus.), 193. cat.no. 55; related work cat.no. 117, 'Castle Rock, Cape Schanck', pg. 64 (colour illus.), 225 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 18, 33 (colour illus.), 300.
Rodney James (Curator), The artists' retreat: Discovering the Mornington Peninsula 1850s to the present, Victoria, 1999, 14 (colour illus.), 15, 37. cat.no. 26
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Swiss artists in Australia 1777-1991, Domain, 1991, 58 (colour illus.), 110. cat.no. 40
Charles Summers (Australia) (Author), Catalogue of the Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts, Melbourne, Dec 1862, 3. cat.no. 23
- Exhibition history (8)
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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.
Plein-air painting in Europe 1780-1850, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Sep 2004–31 Oct 2004.
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.
