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George W Lambert
(Russia, Australia 1873–1930)
- Title
- Across the black soil plains
- Place of origin
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Hornsby →
New South Wales →
Australia
- Year
- 1899
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
91.6 x 305.5cm stretcher; 139.5 x 355.0 x 10.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., "Geo. W. Lambert 1899".
- Credit
- Purchased 1899
- Accession number
- 550
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
Inspired by his experiences as a youth in the bush near Warren, NSW, George W Lambert began this ambitious work at the age of 26, while living with his mother at Hornsby. He worked in a small shed in the garden, and had to position the painting diagonally across it, even then unable to stretch the canvas to its full extent.
The painting was enthusiastically received as a heroic portrayal of bush life, displaying Lambert’s innate skill at draughtsmanship. It was awarded
the Wynne Prize for landscape painting for 1899, and the following year Lambert left for London with the first New South Wales Society of Artists
Travelling Scholarship.- Bibliography (58)
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Denise Mimmocchi (Australia) (Author), Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams, Sydney, 2012, 50.
Dr Joseph Brown (Australia) (Editor), The CBUS collection of Australian art, Melbourne, 2009, 52.
John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Art of Australia. Vol. 1: Exploration to Federation, Sydney, 2008, 634.
'George Lambert's drawings' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 22-23., Look Oct 2006, Oct 2006, 22.
Daily liberal 28 Sep 2006, 28 Sep 2006, 4, 4 (illus.).
'Cultural centre opens today' pg. 4, Mailbox shopper 27 Sep 2006, 27 Sep 2006.
'Cultural centre' pg. 15, Weekend Liberal 23 Sep 2006-24 Sep 2006, 23 Sep 2006-24 Sep 2006.
Betty Churcher (Australia, b.1930) (Author), The art of war, Carlton, 2004, 22-23 (colour illus.), 177.
Peter Pinson (Australia, b.1943) (Author), Elwyn Lynn: metaphor + texture, St Leonards, 2002, 41. Elwyn Lynn painted 'Across the Black Soil Plains' in 1961, derived from Lambert's painting.
'Keeping the dream alive' by Heather Crosby, pg. 10., Weekend Liberal 26 May 2001-27 May 2001, 26 May 2001-27 May 2001, 10.
'Riding on the sheep's back: the wool industry', pg. 51-57., 1901: Australian life at federation: an illustrated chronicle 2001, 2001, 56-57 (colour illus.).
Craig Judd (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Anne McLaughlin (Australia) (Author), People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation, Dubbo, 2001, 3, 6 (colour illus.), 7-9, 14, 20, 27, 38.
'Positions vacant' by Humphrey McQueen, pg. 21-23., Art Monthly Australia Sep 2000, Sep 2000, 21. review of 'Australian icons' exhibition
'AGNSW polishes the silver', pg. 12., State of the arts Aug 2000-Dec 2000, Aug 2000-Dec 2000, 12. Review of 'Australian Icons' exhibition.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 74, 94 (colour illus., detail), 95 (colour illus.), 301.
Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, Domain, 1999, 124 (colour illus.).
Lynne Seear (Australia) (Editor), Julie Ewington (Australia) (Editor), Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965, South Brisbane, 1998, 104.
Christopher Allen (Australia) (Author), Art in Australia: from Colonization to Postmodernism, London, 1997, 77, 78 (illus.), 220. cat. no. 58
Wynne centenary 1897-1997: a selection of past winners from the Gallery's collection 1997, 1997, (colour illus.).
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Editor), Art and Artifice: George Lambert (1873-1930), 1996, 12, 19 (colour illus.), 23-25, 34-35, 159, 174, 177, 178.
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Author), George Lambert (1873-1930) catalogue raisonné: paintings and sculpture, drawings in public collections, Perth, 1996, 5-7. cat.no. P29
Author Unknown (Author), Wool in the Australian imagination, Glebe, 1994, (illus.).
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Terry Smith (Author), Australian painting 1788-1990, South Melbourne, 1991, 156 (illus.). plate no. 88
Nancy Underhill (Australia) (Author), Making Australian art 1916-49 : Sydney Ure Smith, patron and publisher, South Melbourne, 1991, 88-89 (illus.), 98.
Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 20.
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Curator), Dinah Dysart (Australia) (Curator), The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition, Sydney, 1986, 6, 7 (illus.), 18,.
City bushmen: the Heidelberg school and the rural mythology 1985, 1985, 148, 149 (illus.), 150.
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Place, taste and tradition: a study of Australian art since 1788, South Melbourne, 1979, 81, 154. titled 'Crossing of the black soil plains'.
Amy Lambert (England) (Author), Thirty years of an artist's life : the career of G.W. Lambert, A.R.A, Sydney, 1977, 16, 17, 22.
Ian Mudie (b.1911, d.1976) (Author), Australian landscapes in colour, Adelaide, 1975, 74-75 (colour illus.).
Colin Thiele (b.1920) (Author), Heysen of Hahndorf, Adelaide, 1974, 288.
Russel Ward (Author), Graeme Inson (Australia, b.1923, d.2000) (Author), Geoffrey Barnes (Director), The glorious years of Australia fair from the birth of the Bulletin to Versailles, Milton, 1971, 23 (illus.).
Robert Hughes (Australia; United States of America, b.1938, d.2012) (Author), The art of Australia, Ringwood, 1970, 97-98.
John Kroeger (Editor), Dion Skinner (Editor), Renniks Australian artists, Adelaide, 1968, 227 (illus.).
'The Wynne and Sulman prizes' by Douglas Dundas, pg. 53-56., Art Gallery of New South Wales quarterly Jan 1961, Jan 1961, 54.
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, 105.
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Domain, 1953. cat.no. 50
Meanjin Summer 1951, Summer 1951, 355.
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), 100 years of Australian painting, Sydney, 1948, 8. cat.no. 31
Sydney Ure Smith (Australia, b.1887, d.1949) (Editor), Art of Australia 1788-1941, New York, 1941, 35. cat.no. 48
The Sydney Morning Herald 25 Mar 1939, 25 Mar 1939, 21.
Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 40
'George Lambert' by Lionel Lindsay, pg. 2-6., Art in Australia [vol. 1, no. 7] 1919, 1919, 2.
Lone Hand 02 Feb 1914, 02 Feb 1914, 170.
article by W.Hardy Wilson, Lone Hand 01 Nov 1910, 01 Nov 1910, 5-6.
article by Julian Ashton, Daily telegraph 27 Oct 1910, 27 Oct 1910, 9.
‘National Art Gallery: The Australian Court’ by Julian Ashton., Daily telegraph 27 Sep 1905, 27 Sep 1905, page unknown (illus.).
Art and Architecture Jan 1905, Jan 1905, page unknown.
Bulletin 30 Oct 1902, 30 Oct 1902, 25 (illus.).
Daily telegraph 04 Dec 1900, 04 Dec 1900, 4.
Australian magazine 18 Sep 1899, 18 Sep 1899, 413-414 (illus.). article by 'Raw Sienna' [George Lambert]
'The Artfellow', Bulletin 02 Sep 1899, 02 Sep 1899, page unknown.
Sydney mail and New South Wales advertiser 26 Aug 1899, 26 Aug 1899, 503 (illus.), 504-505. article by E.D.H.
The Sydney Morning Herald 19 Aug 1899, 19 Aug 1899, 10.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1899, Sydney, 1899, 52 (sepia illus.). cat.no. 293; Oil Paintings-Australian
‘The poetry of our painting’ by J. G. de Libra, pg. 1-12., Australasian art review 01 Sep 1899, 01 Sep 1899, 10, 11 (illus.), 12. referred to as 'Across the Blacksoil Plains' on pg. 10.
Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1895, closed 1965) (Author), Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, Sydney, 1899, 7 (line illus.). cat.no. 67; priced £105.0.0
'Frederick McCubbin: the spirit of the pioneers' by Leigh Astbury, pg. 26-58., Australia 1888: a journal for the study of Australian history centred on the year 1888 1982, 1982, 43-44.
- Exhibition history (50)
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Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1899), Vickery's Chambers, Aug 1899 -.
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01 Oct 1941–26 Oct 1941.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17 Nov 1941–31 Dec 1941.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Yale University Art Gallery, 02 Mar 1942–23 Mar 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Carnegie Institute, 03 Apr 1942–15 May 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, 01 Jun 1942–27 Jun 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 10 Jul 1942–27 Aug 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Toledo Museum of Art, 06 Sep 1942–27 Sep 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, 05 Oct 1942–02 Nov 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Cleveland Museum of Art, 09 Nov 1942–07 Dec 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Detroit Institiute of Arts, 01 Jan 1943–29 Jan 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 08 Apr 1943–05 May 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Fort Wayne Art School and Museum, 12 May 1943–31 May 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rockhill Nelson Gallery, 07 Sep 1943–08 Oct 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Philbrook Art Museum, 20 Oct 1943–17 Nov 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, 28 Nov 1943–26 Dec 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, 10 Jan 1944–07 Feb 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Heard Museum, Phoenix Fine Arts Association, 21 Feb 1944–20 Mar 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, San Francisco Museum of Art, 04 Apr 1944–07 May 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum, 19 May 1944–16 Jun 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Hamline University, 01 Dec 1944–17 Dec 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Society Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial, 06 Jan 1945–27 Jan 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 06 Feb 1945–27 Feb 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Quincy Art Club, 09 Mar 1945–30 Mar 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Oklahoma Art Center, 13 Apr 1945–04 May 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, University of Oklahoma, 14 May 1945–04 Jun 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, North Texas State Teachers' College, 14 Jun 1945–05 Jul 1945.
100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948.
A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953.
The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (1956), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 18 Nov 1956–15 Dec 1956.
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 19 Dec 1986–01 Feb 1987.
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, 06 Mar 1987–29 Mar 1987.
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Orange Regional Gallery, 10 Apr 1987–17 May 1987.
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Griffith Regional Art Gallery, 03 Jun 1987–20 Jun 1987.
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, 01 Jul 1987–26 Jul 1987.
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Albury Regional Gallery, 07 Aug 1987–06 Sep 1987.
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Broken Hill City Art Gallery, 18 Sep 1987–26 Oct 1987.
The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition (1987), Tamworth City Gallery, 05 Nov 1987–13 Dec 1987.
A brush with the bush, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, 03 Apr 1993–31 May 1993.
A brush with the bush, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 18 Jun 1993–18 Jul 1993.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, 05 May 2001–12 Aug 2001.
People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation, New England Regional Art Museum, 14 Sep 2001–28 Oct 2001.
People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation, Albury Regional Gallery, 04 Jan 2002–27 Jan 2002.
People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation, Bendigo Art Gallery, 09 Feb 2002–24 Mar 2002.
People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 06 Apr 2002–02 Jun 2002.
People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 05 Jul 2002–18 Aug 2002.
Across the Black Soil Plains, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, 01 Sep 2006–31 Jan 2007.
George Lambert retrospective: heroes & icons, National Gallery of Australia, 29 Jun 2007–16 Sep 2007.
