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An image of Colin by Donald Friend

Donald Friend

(Australia 06 Feb 1915–16 Aug 1989)

Title
Colin
Year
1946
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on plywood
Dimensions

40.0 x 30.5cm board; 53.8 x 44.1 x 3.3cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated u.r., "Donald 46".
Credit
Purchased 1946
Accession number
7717
Copyright
© Reproduced with permission of the Estate of Donald Friend
Location
20th & 21st c Australian art
Bibliography (9)

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 128, 143.

Herbert Badham (Australia, b.1899, d.1961) (Author), A gallery of Australian art, Sydney, 1954, xii, (illus.). plate no. 39

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Donald Friend Retrospective 1915-1989, Sydney, 1990, 52 (colour illus.), 53. cat.no. 27

Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 72.

The Sydney Morning Herald 20 Sep 1946, 20 Sep 1946. page number unknown

Herbert Badham (Australia, b.1899, d.1961) (Author), A study of Australian art, Sydney, 1949, (illus.). plate no. 73

'Portrait of youth' by Janet Morse, pg. 11., Look Jun 1999, Jun 1999, 11 (colour illus.).

Laurie Thomas (Australia, b.1915, d.1974) (Author), Contemporary Australian painters, Ottawa, 1957. cat.no. 35

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, 11. cat.no. 64

Exhibition history (12)

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.

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957), Winnipeg Art Gallery, Jul 1957–Sep 1957.

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957), London Public Library and Art Museum, Sep 1957–Oct 1957.

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957), Art Gallery of Hamilton, Oct 1957–Nov 1957.

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957), The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Nov 1957–Dec 1957.

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Dec 1957–Jan 1958.

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Feb 1958–Mar 1958.

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957), The Art Gallery of Toronto, Apr 1958 -.

Contemporary Australian Painters (1957), The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina College, May 1958 -.

Merioola Group (1986), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 11 Jul 1986–17 Aug 1986.

Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.