W B McInnes
(Australia 1889–1939)
- Title
- H. Desbrowe Annear
- Year
- (circa 1921)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
107.5 x 104.2cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 1922
- Accession number
- 4557
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
W.B. McInnes' portrait of Desbrowe Annear (1865–1933) is significant as winner of the first Archibald Prize in 1921. Winning the prize six more times for his characteristically dark, tonal portraits, McInnes was the pre-eminent artist of the Prize's first decade, and, with John Longstaff, virtually dominated official portraiture. Desbrowe Annear was a well-known Melbourne architect. Primarily a designer of houses, his best known are 32, 34 and 38 The Eyrie, Eaglemont, constructed between 1902 and 1903. Working in a variety of modern styles, Annear sought to create an architecture suited to the climate and geography of Australia.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006
- Bibliography (10)
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Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Author), Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960, Canberra, 2010, 34.
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 2005, 14 (colour illus.).
John Pigot (Australia, b.pre 1951, d.2002) (Author), Norman Macgeorge: man of art, Melbourne, 2001, 24 (illus.), 92. cat.no. 46
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 1999, 16 (colour illus.), 122 (colour illus.).
'Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes', pg. 16., Look Mar 1997, Mar 1997, 16 (colour illus.).
Susan Hunt (Author), The Archibald Prize 1921-1993, Sydney, 1993, 11 (colour illus.).
'The Archibald Prize' by Anna Waldmann, pg. 213-236., Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2) Summer 1982, Summer 1982, 214 (colour illus.).
Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 214 (colour illus.).
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes for 1978, Domain, 1978, 10.
'The Archibald prize' by Erik Langker, pg. 51-56., Art Gallery of New South Wales quarterly Jan 1961, Jan 1961, cover (illus.), 50, 51.
- Exhibition history (2)
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Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1921), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Jan 1922–16 Mar 1922.
Norman Macgeorge: man of art, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, 22 Sep 2001–25 Nov 2001.
