Title
An Impressionist (Tom Roberts)
(circa 1889)
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Australia
- Date
- (circa 1889)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on cedar panel
- Dimensions
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28.5 x 23.4 cm board; 50.7 x 35.0 x 4.0 cm frame
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0 - Whole, 28 x 14.7 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION
- Signature & date
Signed u.r., blue oil "... C/ -hAR/ -LES/ CONDER". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1997
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 63.1997
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Charles Conder
Works in the collection
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About
This lively and evocative portrait of Roberts by his friend Charles Conder is a rare work produced during the artist's brief Australian years (1884–90). Roberts is depicted in a relaxed and characteristic pose, on a modernist scale. The playful zig-zagged background – based on a surveyor's chain, referring to the young artist's early employment in Sydney – prefigures Conder's decorative style, characteristic of his later European work, as well as echoing the cover of the 9 by 5 exhibition catalogue which he designed.
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Places
Where the work was made
Australia
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, Buxton's Art Gallery, Melbourne, 17 Aug 1889 -
The artists' camps: Plein air painting in Melbourne 1885-1898, Monash University Gallery, Clayton, 07 Jun 1984–11 Jul 1984
The artists' camps: Plein air painting in Melbourne 1885-1898, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 02 Aug 1984–04 Sep 1984
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 30 Oct 1985–27 Jan 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Feb 1986–20 Apr 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09 May 1986–29 Jun 1986
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 30 Jul 1986–14 Sep 1986
Charles Conder retrospective (2003-2004), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Jun 2003–17 Aug 2003
Charles Conder retrospective (2003-2004), Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 05 Sep 2003–09 Nov 2003
Charles Conder retrospective (2003-2004), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 21 Nov 2003–26 Jan 2004
Australian Impressionism, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 31 Mar 2007–08 Jul 2007
Impressions: painting light and life, National Portrait Gallery [Parliamentary Zone], Canberra, 25 Nov 2011–04 Mar 2012
She-oak and sunlight: Australian Impressionism, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 02 Apr 2021–22 Aug 2021
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Bibliography
Referenced in 31 publications
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Leigh Astbury, Sunlight and shadow: Australian impressionist painters 1880-1900, Rushcutters Bay, 1989, 12, (colour illus.). cat.no. 4; titled 'An Impressionist'
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Angela Bennie, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Not just any Tom...', pg. 12, Sydney, 13 May 1997, 12 (illus.). Arts Section.
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Delys Bird, Dennis Haskell and Ron Shapiro (Editors), Westerly, Nedlands, Winter 1998, 4.
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Tim Bonyhady, Images in opposition: Australian landscape painting 1801–1890, 'The artist in society', pg. 1-22, Melbourne, 1985, 18 (illus., detail). titled: 'Sketch portrait of Tom Roberts'
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Susan Borham (Editor in Chief) and Michael Hutak (Editor), Australian art collector, 'Australian art - it's a local thing', pg. 18, Sydney, Jul 1997-Sep 1997, 15 (colour illus.), 18. 'Artist as a young man'. Report on Melbourne Art Fair 1997.
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Wally Caruana and Jane Clark, The Cambridge companion to Australian Art, 'Buying and selling Australian art: a brief historical survey', pg. 290-306, Port Melbourne, 2011, 293, 366. fig.no. 21.1 (colour illus.), between pg. 268 and 269.
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Bonny Cassidy., Tertangala, 'Charles Conder: a retrospective 1868-1909', Wollongong, Aug 2003. Exhibition review.
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Jane Clark and Bridget Whitelaw, Golden summers: Heidelberg and beyond, Melbourne, 1985, 124 (colour illus.).
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Lauraine Diggins, 19th & 20th century Australian painting, sculpture and decorative arts 1997, North Caulfield, 1997, 14, 15 (colour illus.).
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Sarah Engledow, Impressions: painting light & life, Catalogue essay, pg. 7-16, Canberra, 2011, 10, 48 (caption), 49 (colour illus.). cat.no. 16
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Anna Gray, Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960, Canberra, 2010, 52 (colour illus.).
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Anne Grey, Tom Roberts, 'Tom Roberts: La vita con brio', pg. 11-30, Canberra, 2015, 16 (colour illus.), 347.
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Peter Hill., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Lust for life', Sydney, 19 Jul 2003-20 Jul 2003, (colour illus.). Spectrum Supplement
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Dr Ursula Hoff, Charles Conder, Melbourne, 1972, 32, 101. cat.no. c47
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Dr Ursula Hoff, Charles Conder - his Australian years, Melbourne, 1960, (illus.). cat.no. 32; plate no. 17
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Terry Ingram, The Australian financial review, 'Saleroom. Ultimate grater on offer again', pg. 43, Sydney, 12 Jun 1997, 43.
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Helen Johnson (Editor), Antipodes: antiques & fine art [vol. 1, no. 2], 'Sold at the Fair... $265,000', pg. 83, Victoria, 1997, 83 (colour illus.). Photograph of Lauraine Diggins and Michael Blanche at the Melbourne Art Fair in 1997.
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Joseph Brown Gallery, Joseph Brown Gallery, 10-24 September 1981, Melbourne, 1981, front cover (colour illus.), (illus.). cat.no. 40; titled 'Sketch portrait of Tom Roberts'
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Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'An impressionist gift', pg. 13, Heidelberg, Jul 1997, cover (colour illus.), 3 (colour illus.), 13 (colour illus.).
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Terence Lane, Age, 'Southern lights', pg. 14, Melbourne, 24 Mar 2007, 14 (colour illus.).
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Terence Lane, Australian Impressionism, 'The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition - The Challenge of the Sketch', pg. 157-163, Melbourne, 2007, 330, 167 (colour illus.). cat.no. 9.18
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Patrick H McCarthy, Bailed up: the story behind the painting, Sydney, 2006, 14-15, 16 (colour illus.).
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Barry Pearce, Charles Conder 1868-1909, 'Between worlds: Conder in Australia', pg. 12-31, Sydney, 2003, 26, 65, 94 (colour illus.), 95, 193. cat.no. 24
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Barry Pearce., Australian artist, 'Charles Conder: lost and found voice of the Heidelberg School', Chatswood, Jun 2003.
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Barry Pearce, Look: 1953-2003 celebrating 50 years, 'The enigmatic Charles Conder: spotlight on a lesser known Heidelberg painter', pg. 8-11, Sydney, May 2003, 11 (colour illus.).
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William Splatt and Susan Bruce, Australian impressionist painters: a pictorial history of the Heidelberg school, Windsor, 1981, 4 (colour illus.). plate no. 3
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Jill Sykes (Editor), Look, 'Gallery 2003 highlights', pg. 13, Sydney, Nov 2002, 13 (colour illus.).
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Helen Topliss, Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 1 - Text, Melbourne, 1985, 30 (illus.). illus.no. 47
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Helen Topliss, The artist's camp; plein air painting in Melbourne 1885-1898, Melbourne, 1984, 26, 40 (illus.). cat.no. 3; titled 'An Impressionist'
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Vivienne Webb, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Golden age', pg. 37-38, Sydney, 2000, 38, 54 (colour illus.), 300.
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Judith White, art lovers: the story of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1953-2013, 'Chapter 5: Be part of the art 1988-2000', pp. 111-138, Sydney, 2013, 115, 257 (colour illus.).
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