Lawson Balfour
(Australia 17 Aug 1870–09 Feb 1966)
- Title
- W Lister Lister
- Other titles:
- Portrait of W. Lister Lister
- Year
- 1923
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
116.0 x 91.5cm stretcher; 137.5 x 115.3 x 12.3cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated u.r. corner, brown oil "Lawson Balfour/ 1923".
- Credit
- Purchased 1924
- Accession number
- 4548
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
William Lister won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting seven times between 1898 and 1925, reflecting his status as a respected and popular Sydney painter of large-scale coastal scenes and landscape in oils and watercolour. He studied and became established as a professional artist and teacher in London by the mid 1880s returning to Australia in 1888 to continue his career at home. Joining the Royal Art Society of New South Wales, he became vice-president 1894–97 and president from 1897–1941. Appointed to the board of trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (then the National Art Gallery of New South Wales) from 1900, he was its vice-president from 1919–43.
- Bibliography (6)
-
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), Artists by artists, Sydney, 1954, (illus.). cat.no. 3
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Domain, 1953. cat.no. 69
Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 97 [Gallery No. 2]
'The Archibald Prize' by Howard Ashton., Art in Australia [series 3, no. 7] Mar 1924, Mar 1924, (illus.). not paginated
'Royal Art Society Exhibition', pg. 15., Sydney mail 15 Aug 1923, 15 Aug 1923, 15 (illus.).
'Royal Art Society's Exhibition' by William Moore., Art in Australia [series 3, no. 6] 01 Dec 1922, 01 Dec 1922, not paginated.
- Exhibition history (3)
-
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1923), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Jan 1924–25 Jan 1924.
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953.
Artists by artists (1954), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Nov 1954–05 Dec 1954.
