John Glover
(England, Australia 18 Feb 1767–09 Dec 1849)
- Title
- Patterdale farm
- Year
- (circa 1840)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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76.6 x 115.2cm stretcher; 98.0 x 136.5 x 8.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1974
- Accession number
- 77.1974
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
Painted towards the end of John Glover’s career, 'Patterdale Farm' depicts the artist’s Australian property at Mills Plains in northern Tasmania, named after the town at the foot of the Ullswater in England’s picturesque Lake District, close to where his home Blowick Farm stood.
'Patterdale Farm' reveals the painter’s distinctive technique, whereby colour is applied in transparent veils, with diluted layers of oil delicately brushed in over a cream white ground. Glover’s sensibility and refined evocation of the light and landscape of Tasmania made him one of the most admired painters in colonial Australia.
- Bibliography (8)
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Kirsten McKenzie (South Africa; Australia) (Author), A Swindler's progress: Nobles and convicts in the age of liberty, Sydney, 2009, between pg 172 and 173 (colour illus.). titled 'Padderdale Farm'
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), I blame Duchamp: my life's adventures in art, Surry Hills, 2009, 327, 328.
David Hansen (Australia, b.1958) (Author), John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, Hobart, 2003, 234, 235 (colour illus.). cat.no. 87; titled 'Patterdale Farm'; dated c.1839
'An eye for Glover''s nature' by Elwyn Lynn, The Australian 20 Oct 1986, 20 Oct 1986, 6.
'Another Glover for NSW: an "exercise in painting"' by Terry Ingram, The Australian financial review 22 Aug 1974, 22 Aug 1974, page number unknown.
Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Editor), Special exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia: Seventh Adelaide Festival of Arts 1972, Adelaide, 1972, (colour illus.). cat.no. 8; private collection
Frances McCarthy (Australia) (Author), Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Australian landscape 1802-1975, Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 8; private collection
Art Gallery of South Australia (Australia, estab. 1881) (Author), The Australian landscape, Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 8; private collection
- Exhibition history (11)
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The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Art Gallery of South Australia, 03 Mar 1972–03 Apr 1972.
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 04 May 1972–04 Jun 1972.
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 04 Jul 1972–04 Aug 1972.
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 05 Sep 1972–01 Oct 1972.
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 14 Nov 1972–17 Dec 1972.
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 17 Jan 1973–11 Feb 1973.
The Australian Landscape (1972-73), Queensland Art Gallery, 01 Mar 1973–01 Apr 1973.
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 27 Nov 2003–01 Feb 2004.
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, Art Gallery of South Australia, 19 Feb 2004–12 Apr 2004.
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, National Gallery of Australia, 24 Apr 2004–18 Jul 2004.
John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 13 Aug 2004–03 Oct 2004.
