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An image of Still life by Roy de Maistre

Roy de Maistre

(Australia, England 27 Mar 1894–01 Mar 1968)

Title
Still life
Year
(circa 1922)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on paper on paperboard
Dimensions

30.5 x 32.4cm board; 36.5 x 38.0 x 3.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, pencil "R. de Mestre.". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1922
Accession number
608
Copyright
© Caroline de Mestre Walker
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (12)

Tracey Lock-Weir (Author), Misty moderns: Australian tonalists 1915-1950, Adelaide, 2008, 33 (colour illus.), 87 (colour illus.), 96, 100, 136. NOTE: Refer to Meldrum in Sydney section.

Nick Waterlow (Australia) (Curator), Annabel Pegus (Australia) (Curator), Symposium papers: Colour in art - revisiting 1919 & R-Balson, Paddington, 2008, 8, 11. Painting dated 1922.

Tracey Lock-Weir (Author), Misty moderns: Australian tonalists 1915-1950, Adelaide, 2008, 33 (colour illus.), 88 (colour illus.), 136.

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, 28 (illus.).

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 48 (colour illus.), 52, 142, 147.

Daniel Thomas (Curator), Project 14: Roy de Maistre 1894-1968, Sydney, 1976, (illus.). cat.no. 2

Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship 1900 to 1956, Sydney, 1956, 7. cat.no. 3

John Young (Australia), Henry Gibbons (Australia, b.1884, d.1972), The Sydney Art School retrospective exhibition 1890-1933, Sydney, 1933. cat.no. 230; by R. de Mestre; not paginated

Australian Exhibition Commission (Australia) (Author), Catalogue: British Empire Exhibition (Wembley) 1924, 1924, 98. no catalogue nubmers; Lent by the Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales

Elioth Gruner (New Zealand; Australia, b.1882, d.1939) (Organiser), Catalogue of an exhibition of the works of Australian artists, Sydney, 1923. cat.no. 10; 'Still life' by R.de Mestre, Room XI; not paginated

Elioth Gruner (New Zealand; Australia, b.1882, d.1939) (Organiser), The exhibition of Australian art to be held at the galleries of the Royal Academy London, 1923, Sydney, 1923. cat.no. 234; not paginated

Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1895, closed 1965), Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Sydney, 1922. cat.no. 229; priced 10 guineas

Exhibition history (14)

Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1922), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 08 Sep 1922–26 Sep 1922.

Exhibition of Australian Art (1923), Burlington House, 06 Oct 1923–03 Nov 1923.

British Empire Exhibition (1924), Empire Stadium, 23 Apr 1924–Oct 1925.

New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship 1900 to 1956, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Apr 1956 -.

Project 14 - Roy de Maistre: 1894-1968 (1976), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Sep 1976–04 Oct 1976.

Typically? Australian, Brisbane City Gallery, 15 May 1998–28 Jun 1998.

Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.

The art of the picture frame, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 May 2003–12 Sep 2003.

Misty Moderns: Australian Tonalism 1915-1950, Art Gallery of South Australia, 14 Aug 2008–19 Oct 2008.

Misty Moderns: Australian Tonalism 1915-1950, McClelland Gallery, 16 Nov 2008–01 Feb 2009.

Misty Moderns: Australian Tonalism 1915-1950, National Gallery of Australia, 20 Feb 2009–26 Apr 2009.

Misty Moderns: Australian Tonalism 1915-1950, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 09 May 2009–21 Jun 2009.

Misty Moderns: Australian Tonalism 1915-1950, University of Queensland Art Museum, 17 Jul 2009–13 Sep 2009.

Misty Moderns: Australian Tonalism 1915-1950, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 09 Oct 2009–29 Nov 2009.