S. Melton Fisher
(England 02 Jan 1856–05 Sep 1939)
- Title
- Festa: a Venetian café
- Other titles:
- Festa, the interior of a Venetian cafe
- Year
- 1889
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
109.3 x 153.2cm stretcher; 148.0 x 192.5 x 12.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., brown paint "S Melton Fisher '89".
- Credit
- Purchased 1890
- Accession number
- 688
- Location
- 19th & 20th c European art
- Provenance (1)
-
Royal Anglo-Australian Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1887, closed 1937), Melbourne/Victoria/Australia, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Royal Anglo-Australian Society of Artists 1890
- Bibliography (6)
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Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 80. cat.no. 656
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 61 (illus.).
'The Paintings of S Melton Fisher' by A Baldry, The Studio 1907, 1907, 181.
'S Melton-Fisher' by AB Daryll, Magazine of Art 1902, 1902, 145 (illus.).
Academy Notes 1889, 1889, 49. No. 514, sketch p. 49
The art-journal 1889, 1889, 235 [illus.]. as 'Festa, the interior of a Venetian cafe'
- Exhibition history (3)
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Royal Academy of Arts, 1889, Royal Academy of Arts, 1889–1889.
Exhibition of British Art, 1890, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1890–1890.
La Serenissima: the fascination of Venice, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 08 Aug 2003–21 Sep 2003.
