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An image of Patrick White by Roy de Maistre

Roy de Maistre

(Australia, England 27 Mar 1894–01 Mar 1968)

Title
Patrick White
Year
(1939)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

76.4 x 50.7cm stretcher; 75.3 x 49.8cm sight edge; 91.3 x 65.7 x 5.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, black oil "R de Maistre" [very faint]. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the sister's niece Miss Frances Peck 1972
Accession number
47.1972
Copyright
© Caroline de Mestre Walker
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

Anne Loxley (Australia) (Author), Warren Horton (Author), About Face - Aspects of Australian Portraiture c.1770-1993, Canberra, 1994, 12.

David Marr (Australia) (Author), Patrick White: A life by David Marr, Milsons Point, 1991, 196, 470, 520.

'Painting's influence on literature' by Daniel Thomas., The Sydney Morning Herald 14 Sep 1976, 14 Sep 1976.

Daniel Thomas (Curator), Project 14: Roy de Maistre 1894-1968, Sydney, 1976, (illus.). cat.no. 15

Sir John Rothenstein (England, b.1901, d.1992) (Author), Bryan Robertson (b.1925) (Author), Roy de Maistre: A retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings from 1917-1960, London, 1960, 13. probably cat.no. 52; titled: 'Portrait of Patrick White'; dated: 1940; 30 x 20 inches; Coll: Patrick White, Esq.

Exhibition history (5)

Roy de Maistre: Retrospective exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917-1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, May 1960–Jun 1960.

Project 14 - Roy de Maistre: 1894-1968 (1976), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Sep 1976–04 Oct 1976.

About face: Aspects of Australian Portraiture c.1770 - 1993, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 31 Mar 1994–14 Aug 1994.

Patrick White: eye of the storm, National Library of Australia, 01 Apr 2012–31 Jul 2012.

Patrick White: eye of the storm, State Library of New South Wales, 20 Aug 2012–28 Oct 2012.