Collection
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Rupert Bunny
(Australia, France 29 Sep 1864–25 May 1947)
- Title
- Summer time
- Other titles:
- Summertime
En été
Summer
The bathers
A summer morning
A summer's morning - Place of origin
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Paris →
France
- Year
- (circa 1907)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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250.0 x 300.5cm stretcher; 301.2 x 352.0 x 11.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. corner, yellow ochre oil "Rupert C.W. Bunny.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1928
- Accession number
- 540
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
'Summer time' magnificently demonstrates Rupert Bunny’s skill as a draughtsman and his masterful handling of large-scale composition. Exhibited at the New Salon in 1907, the painting epitomises the leisured spirit of the ‘Belle Époque’, elegantly capturing seven voluptuous women lounging inside a bathhouse, sipping iced tea and inhaling the intoxicating scent of freshly plucked roses. Bunny modelled each of the figures on his wife Jeanne Morel, who sat for numerous paintings from this period.
- Bibliography (18)
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Christopher Allen, The Weekend Australian Review 12 Dec 2009-13 Dec 2009, 'What lies beneath? Rupert Bunny comes in for close scrutiny in a new survey exhibition', pg. 14-15, Canberra, 12 Dec 2009-13 Dec 2009, 14.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 2000 2000, Domain, 2000, front cover (colour illus.).
Annabel Baxter, Look Feb 2004, 'Guiding the children', pg. 10-11, Newtown, Feb 2004, 11 (colour illus.).
Mary Eagle, The Art of Rupert Bunny, Parkes, 1991, 58, 59 (illus.).
Deborah Edwards, Look Nov 2009, 'Rupert Bunny: An exotic in the history of Australian art', pg. 28-32, Newtown, Nov 2009, 32.
Deborah Edwards, Rupert Bunny: artist in Paris 2009, 'From fin de siécle to belle époque', pg. 31- 101., Sydney, 2009, 4 (colour illus., detail), 9, 70, 78, 81,82, 83 (colour illus., detail), 84 (colour illus.), 204 (colour illus.). cat.no. 21
Deborah Edwards, Look May 2011, 'Beauties of the Belle Epoque in Australia', pg. 16-18, Newtown, May 2011, 16 (colour illus.), 17, 18.
Anne Gérard, Look Dec 2006-Jan 2007, 'Oz arts: our painters in the Parsi Salons', pg. 37-39, Newtown, Dec 2006-Jan 2007, 39.
Lionel Lindsay, 150 years of Australian art 1938, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 16; titled 'Summer' [Gallery No. 1]; not paginated
Barry Pearce, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection 2002, 'Introduction: Convergent Spirits', pg. 10-19, Domain, 2002, 15, 22, 23 (colour illus.), 26, 142, 147.
Barry Pearce, Look Sep 2009, 'A question of balance: How it is bringing changes to the old courts and beyond', pg. 28-29, Newtown, Sep 2009, 29. titled 'Summertime'
Barry Pearce, Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, 'Australian', pg. 13-35, Domain, 1988, 20.
Mark Pennings, Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965, 'Art for the Bourgeois Dreamers of Paris. Rupert Bunny Bathers', pg. 98-101, South Brisbane, 1998, 98, 100, 101 (illus.).
Dr Barbara Penson, Look Nov 2008, 'On being a Gallery member: Share the knowledge and the fun', pg. 12-13, Newtown, Nov 2008, 13.
Ursula Prunster, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Home and abroad', pg. 73-74, Domain, 2000, 74, 88 (colour illus.), 89 (colour illus., detail), 300.
Michael Tasker, Look Jun 2011, 'Anatomy of an exhibition', pg. 28-31, Newtown, Jun 2011, 29 (colour illus., detail). Photograph has Senior Conservator Simon Ives cleaning the painting.
David Thomas, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Oct 1970, 'Rupert Bunny', pg. 550-575, Sydney, Oct 1970, 553-554, 559 (illus).
David Thomas, Rupert Bunny, East Melbourne, 1970, 54-62, 54 (illus.), 115. illus. no. 14
- Exhibition history (3)
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150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
