Arthur Murch
(Australia 1902–23 Sep 1989)
- Title
- Beach idyll
- Year
- 1930
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- tempera on canvas on plywood
- Dimensions
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35.5 x 59.1cm board; 47.7 x 71.0 x 7.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, green (tempera?) "MURCH 1930".
- Credit
- Purchased with assistance from the Visual Arts Board Australia Council Contemporary Art Purchase Grant 1975
- Accession number
- 57.1975
- Copyright
- © Murch Family
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (10)
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Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 65 (colour illus.), 66, 145, 147.
'An artist for all seasons: Arthur Murch' by Steven Miller, pg. 14., Look Jul 2000, Jul 2000, 14.
Margaret Olley (Australia, b.1923, d.2011) (Author), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934) (Author), Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Director), Christine France (Australia) (Co-ordinator), Favourites: Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from public and private collections, Sydney, 2000. Catalogue entry appears in inserted list to printed catalogue: Selections by Barry Humphries
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 136, 137 (colour illus.), 301.
Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, Domain, 1999, 140 (colour illus.).
'Arthur Murch A Human Eye' by Barry Pearce, pg. 20., Look Nov 1997, Nov 1997, 20 (colour illus.).
Ria Murch (Australia, b.1920) (Author), Arthur Murch: An artist's life 1902-1989, Avalon Beach, 1997, 43, 68 (colour illus.), 147.
'Arcadia's pearly lustre' by Barry Humphries., The Australian 05 Jan 1994, 05 Jan 1994. page number unknown; copy in AGNSW Library's Australian artists' solo exhibition file under 'Arthur Murch'
Daniel Thomas (Editor), Ron Radford (Australia, b.1949) (Assistant Co-ordinator), Creating Australia: 200 years of art 1788-1988, Melbourne, 1988, 154 (colour illus.), 246.
Daniel Thomas (Author), Project 19: Arthur Murch, Sydney, 1977. cat.no. 3
- Exhibition history (4)
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Project 19 - Arthur Murch (1977), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 30 Jul 1977–28 Aug 1977.
Arthur Murch 1902-1989: A Retrospective, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 27 Aug 1992–20 Sep 1992.
Favourites: Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from Australian collections (2000), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 15 Jan 2000–27 Feb 2000.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
