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Howard Ashton

(England, Australia 09 Aug 1877–30 Apr 1964)

Title
Jamieson Valley
Other titles:
Nature's Gothic [see label u.l. verso]
Year
1931
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

52.8 x 68.9cm stretcher; 72.4 x 88.1 x 13cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, red oil "HOWARD ASHTON/ 1931".
Credit
Marshall Bequest Fund 1932
Accession number
536
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (6)

Paula Dredge (Author), Margaret Sawicki (Australia) (Author), Steven Miller (Australia) (Author), Lindsay Parker (Australia, b.1939, d.2003) (Author), S.A. Parker Framing Works, Domain, 2004, 38 (illus.).

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, 15. cat.no. 12

Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. not paginated, cat.no. 749 [Gallery No. 7]

John Young (Australia), Henry Gibbons (Australia, b.1884, d.1972), The Sydney Art School retrospective exhibition 1890-1933, Sydney, 1933. not paginated, cat.no. 235

'For Art Gallery', Sun 30 Aug 1932, 30 Aug 1932. Purchases from the Society of Artists exhibition

Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1895, closed 1965), Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1932), Sydney, 1932. cat.no. 110; titled 'Jamieson Valley'; price; 50 gns

Exhibition history (3)

Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1932), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 02 Sep 1932–30 Sep 1932.

The Sydney Art School retrospective exhibition, 1890-1933, Vickery's Galleries, 01 Mar 1933–28 Mar 1933.

Picturing the Great Divide: Historic and contemporary visions from Australia's Blue Mountains, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Gallery, 10 Nov 2012–03 Feb 2013.