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Will Ashton

(Australia 1881–1963)

Title
Marbella, Spain, from my hotel
Other titles:
Marbella, Spain
Year
1936
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

54.0 x 64.5cm stretcher; 68.5 x 78.4 x 5.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, black oil "WILL ASHTON 1936/ ...".
Credit
Purchased 1936
Accession number
6386
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

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, 7. cat.no. 26; titled 'Marbella, Spain'

Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 119, titled 'Marbella, Spain' [Gallery No. 2]; not paginated

'Will Ashton's fine show'., Daily telegraph 18 Nov 1936, 18 Nov 1936, page no. unknown.

Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), Exhibition of pictures at David Jones' George St. Store: Will Ashton, R.O.I., Sydney, Nov 1936, (illus., detail). cat.no. 63; not paginated

Exhibition history (4)

Will Ashton, R.O.I. (1936), David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Nov 1936 -.

150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.

100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948.

Australian Academy of Art and the Contemporary Art Society (1986), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 15 May 1986–16 Jul 1986.