WC Piguenit
(Australia 27 Aug 1836–17 Jul 1914)
- Title
- Kosciusko
- Other titles:
- Kosciuszko
Mount Kosciusko - Year
- 1903
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
179.2 x 261.6cm stretcher; 229.0 x 311.0 x 14.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., "W.C.Piguenit". Not dated.
- Credit
- Commissioned by the Trustees 1902
- Accession number
- 577
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (21)
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Simon Gregg (Author), New romantics: darkness and light in Australian art, North Melbourne, 2011, 26 (colour illus., detail), 35, 36, 37 (colour illus.).
'Charles Kerry’s Kosciusko' by Jan Brazier, pg. 2-4., Sydney University Museums News Jun 2010, Jun 2010. General reference – Kosciusko in 1890s
'A question of balance: How it is bringing changes to the old courts and beyond' by Barry Pearce, pg. 28-29., Look Sep 2009, Sep 2009, 29. titled 'Mount Kosciusko'
John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Art of Australia. Vol. 1: Exploration to Federation, Sydney, 2008, 220-221 (colour illus.). titled 'Kosciuszko'
Julia Horne (Australia) (Author), The pursuit of wonder, Carlton, 2005, 198-199 (colour illus., detail), 223, 224 (colour illus.), 337.
Ron Radford (Australia, b.1949) (Author), Our country: Australian Federation landscape 1900-1914, Adelaide, 2001, 40, 41 (colour illus.), 156.
Desmond Macaulay (Author), Bettina Macaulay (Author), What's lost/what's won - Conviction and contradiction in the art of Frederick McCubbin, Toowoomba, 1999, 15-16.
Elizabeth Johns (Author), Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Elizabeth Kornhauser (Author), Amy Ellis (Author), Patrick McCaughey (Northern Ireland; Australia, b.1943) (Author), Peter Sutton (Author), Brian Kennedy (Author), New Worlds From Old, Parkes, 1997, 65 (illus.). fig.no. 37
Wynne centenary 1897-1997: a selection of past winners from the Gallery's collection 1997, 1997. not paginated
Christa Johannes (Australia) (Author), Tony Brown (Australia) (Author), W.C. Piguenit 1836-1914: retrospective, Hobart, 1992, 33, 36 (illus.), 49, 106. cat.no. 55, entry as "Mount Kosciusko"
'The wilderness intact', pg. 81-86., Images in opposition: Australian landscape painting 1801-1890 1985, 1985, 84-85, 86 (illus.), 177.
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Place, taste and tradition: a study of Australian art since 1788, South Melbourne, 1979, 115 (illus.). plate no. 36
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, 2, 5. cat.no. 1
William Moore (Australia, b.1868, d.1937) (Author), The story of Australian art from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today (Vol. 1), Sydney, 1934, opp. 91 (illus.).
Daily telegraph 20 Sep 1914, 20 Sep 1914, page unknown.
'Veteran artist: Mr W.C. Piguenit: Tasmanian Scenery'., The Herald 04 Apr 1912, 04 Apr 1912, page unknown.
'William Charles Piguenit: An Australian Painter' by D.H. Souter, in 'Art and Architecture'., The Tasmanian Mail 13 Jan 1906, 13 Jan 1906, page unknown.
'"Mount Kosciusko": Piguenit's New Picture in the National Art Gallery'., Sydney mail and New South Wales advertiser 08 Apr 1903, 08 Apr 1903, reproduced in black and white.
'National Art Gallery'., The Sydney Morning Herald 17 Mar 1903, 17 Mar 1903, page unknown. Review of the recent purchase of 'Kosciusko' and its hanging in the courts of the National Art Gallery.
'The Art Gallery: some recent acquisitions'., Daily telegraph 17 Mar 1903, 17 Mar 1903, page unknown. Review of the recent purchase of 'Kosciusko' and its hanging in the courts of the National Art Gallery.
Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 2.6.1898-13.3.1903 1898-1903, 1898-1903, 449 (18 April 1902), (18 July 1902), 481 (15 August 1902), 542-543 (13 March 1903).
- Exhibition history (5)
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100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948.
W.C. Piguenit 1836-1914, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 16 Dec 1992–14 Feb 1993.
W.C. Piguenit 1836-1914, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 10 Mar 1993–25 Apr 1993.
W.C. Piguenit 1836-1914, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 13 May 1993–04 Jul 1993.
Our country: Federation landscapes 1900-1914, Art Gallery of South Australia, 14 Sep 2001–18 Nov 2001.
