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Herbert Badham

(Australia 24 Jul 1899–1961)

Title
Breakfast piece
Other titles:
Breakfast
Year
1936
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions

59.0 x 71.0cm board; 71.0 x 83.3 x 4.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, red oil "H BADHAM ''36 ["HB" monogram]".
Credit
Purchased 1936
Accession number
6381
Copyright
© Estate of Herbert Badham
Location
20th & 21st c Australian art
Further information

Studying under Julian Ashton, George W Lambert and Henry Gibbons at Ashton’s Sydney Art School, Herbert Badham received a traditional art training based on the primacy of draughtsmanship, to which he added a personal interest in perspective and design. Exemplifying this particular interest, 'Breakfast piece' is an arrangement of objects amongst which the artist has situated his wife. The painting’s tranquil morning mood, however, is counterpointed as the routine breakfast ‘props’ are juxtaposed with the newspaper headline announcing Mussolini’s invasion of Abyssinia.

Badham was one of a number of figurative painters in Sydney between the wars whose work typified an aspect of Sydney modernism that addressed contemporary subjects through predominantly English realist traditions.

Bibliography (16)

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Exhibition history (45)

Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1936), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 04 Sep 1936–02 Oct 1936.

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, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 15 Jan 1942–15 Feb 1942.

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, The Art Gallery of Toronto, 05 Feb 1943–28 Feb 1943.

Art of Australia 1788-1941, Art Association of Montreal, 07 Mar 1943–28 Mar 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.

Warning: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century – an MPRG exhibition., Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 04 Apr 2006–28 May 2006.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Orange Regional Gallery, 06 Apr 2007–20 May 2007.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, 08 Jun 2007–22 Jul 2007.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 28 Aug 2007–21 Oct 2007.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, 26 Oct 2007–09 Dec 2007.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Riddoch Art Gallery, 15 Dec 2007–15 Feb 2008.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, 26 Mar 2008–05 May 2008.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, 16 May 2008–15 Jun 2008.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Cairns Regional Gallery, 01 Jul 2008–15 Aug 2008.

Cuisine and country: a culinary venture in Australian Art, Artspace Mackay, 31 Aug 2008–30 Sep 2008.

Australian modern masterpieces from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 05 Oct 2011–27 Nov 2011.

Australian modern masterpieces from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 10 Dec 2011–04 Mar 2012.