Eric Wilson
(Australia 05 Jan 1911–23 Nov 1946)
- Title
- Abstract - the kitchen stove
- Other titles:
- Abstract
- Year
- 1943
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil, collage on plywood
- Dimensions
-
145.5 x 79.7cm board; 150.7 x 84.8 x 6.6cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., "Eric Wilson-1943".
- Credit
- Gift of the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship Committee 1946
- Accession number
- 7663
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
After winning the New South Wales Society of Artists Travelling Art Scholarship in 1937, Eric Wilson sailed to London and studied at the Royal Academy schools. A brief trip to Paris roused his enthusiasm for modern art, and he soon after
moved to the Westminster School, London, where he studied abstract design, underpinned by cubist philosophy. Wilson then studied at Amédée Ozenfant’s Academy of Fine Arts, which strongly influenced him to develop a formalised pictorial manner derived from the cubist tradition.'Abstract – the kitchen stove' exemplifies this development in Wilson’s work – he uses a domestic subject to explore formal elements such as colour, shape, surface patterning and texture. The painting is constructed around lines which delineate a triangular composition, its apex formed by the pot on the stove leading up into the stove-pipe. It demonstrates Wilson’s attempt to create an ‘orchestration of the formal elements into a symphonic whole’.
- Bibliography (20)
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Sue Cramer (Author), Lesley Harding (Australia) (Author), Cubism & Australian art, Carlton, 2009, 127, 130 (colour illus.).
Gavin Wilson (Australia) (Author), Cuisine & country: a gastronomic venture in Australian art, New South Wales, 2008, 22, 24 (colour illus.), 88.
Enter Art 2000, 2000, sheet number 16 (colour illus.). Education kit produced by the NSW Dept of Education and Training as teaching resource for primary school teachers.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 131 (colour illus.), 302.
Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, Domain, 1999, 148 (colour illus.).
Art is ... making, creating and appreciating 2 1999, 1999, 9 (colour illus.).
Juliana Engberg (Australia) (Curator), The Real Thing, Australia, 1997, 26 (colour illus.), 90.
Ewen McDonald (Australia) (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, Sydney, 1994, 51 (colour illus.).
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 85 (colour illus.).
Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Eric Wilson, Newcastle, 1983, 10-11, 50 (colour illus.). cat.no. 47
Linda Slutzkin (Australia, d.2005) (Author), Interiors - from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, 11, 21 (colour illus.). cat.no. 14
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Place, taste and tradition: a study of Australian art since 1788, South Melbourne, 1979, 12, 201, 204 (illus.). plate no. 80
'Eric Wilson' by Douglas Dundas, pg. 48-57., Art and Australia (vol. 12, no. 1) Jul 1974-Sep 1974, Jul 1974-Sep 1974, front cover (colour illus.), 56.
Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 105 (colour illus.).
James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), John Henshaw (New Zealand; Australia, b.1929, d.2006) (Editor), Masterpieces of Australian painting, Melbourne, 1969, 131 (colour illus.). plate no. 50
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship 1900 to 1956, Sydney, 1956, 10. cat.no. 19
'Art in Australia' by Professor Joseph Burke, pg. 10., The Sydney Morning Herald 04 Feb 1954, 04 Feb 1954, 10. General reference
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, 10. cat.no. 55; titled 'Abstract'
Douglas Dundas (Australia, b.1900, d.1981) (Author), Eric Wilson Memorial Exhibition Souvenir Catalogue, Domain, 1947. cat.no. 14; titled 'The kitchen stove', one of seven pictures under the heading 'Abstracts'; not paginated
Sydney Ure Smith (Australia, b.1887, d.1949) (Editor), Australian present day art, Sydney, 1943, 97 (illus.).
- Exhibition history (15)
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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.
New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship 1900 to 1956, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Apr 1956 -.
The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (1956), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 18 Nov 1956–15 Dec 1956.
The Real Thing, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 08 Dec 1997–22 Feb 1998.
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 Cubism, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 24 Nov 2009–08 Apr 2010.
