Sydney Long
(Australia, England 20 Aug 1871–23 Jan 1955)
- Title
- Decoration
- Other titles:
- Sadder than a Single Star that Sets at Twilight in a Land of Reeds
Sadder than a Single Star - Year
- (1899)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
92.7 x 38.7cm stretcher; 114.5 x 61.0 x 4.7cm frame:
0 - Whole; 90 x 36cm; SIGHT DIMENSION
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1899
- Accession number
- 4555
- Copyright
- © Estate of Sydney Long. Courtesy Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Bibliography (11)
-
Denise Mimmocchi (Australia) (Author), Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams, Sydney, 2012, 122 (colour illus.), 123, 157 (colour illus.), 146. image on pg.157 is a detail.
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Curator), Sydney Long: the spirit of the land, Canberra, 2012, 60, 96 (colour illus.), 97. cat.no. 12
Denise Mimmocchi (Australia) (Author), Australian Collection Focus: Sydney Long - Pan, Sydney, 2009, 9 (colour illus.), 10.
Joanna Mendelssohn (Australia, b.1949) (Author), The life and work of Sydney Long, Sydney, 1979, 47 (colour illus.), 73, 74, 231. No. 83; titled 'Sadder than a Single Star that Sets at Twilight in a Land of Reeds (Decoration)'
Ron Radford (Australia, b.1949) (Author), Ladies in Landscapes, Ballarat, 1974, (illus.). cat.no. 18; sepia toned reproduction
Robert Hughes (Australia; United States of America, b.1938, d.2012) (Author), The art of Australia, Ringwood, 1970, 79.
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 126.
Art in Australia [vol. 3, no. 74] Feb 1939, Feb 1939, 17 (illus.).
‘The poetry of our painting’ by J. G. de Libra, pg. 1-12., Australasian art review 01 Sep 1899, 01 Sep 1899, 7,12.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1899, Sydney, 1899. cat.no. 297, Oil Paintings-Australian, titled 'Sadder than a Single Star'
Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1895, closed 1965) (Author), Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, Sydney, 1899, (illus.).
- Exhibition history (8)
-
Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1899), Vickery's Chambers, Aug 1899 -.
Sydney Long, A.R.E.: loan exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Apr 1941–31 May 1941.
A memorial exhibition of a selection of paintings by Sydney Long 1878-1955, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Oct 1955 -.
Ladies in Landscapes, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 04 Nov 1974–27 Jan 1975.
Ladies in Landscapes, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Feb 1975–09 Mar 1975.
Sydney Long (1979), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 22 Aug 1979–07 Nov 1979.
Australian Collection Focus: Sydney Long: Pan, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Jun 2009–30 Aug 2009.
Sydney Long: the spirit of the land, National Gallery of Australia, 17 Aug 2012–11 Nov 2012.
