Tom Roberts
(England, Australia 08 Mar 1856–14 Sep 1931)
- Title
- Adagio
- Other titles:
- Girl with Violin
Violinist - Place of origin
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Australia
- Year
- (circa 1893)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
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25.4 x 50.6cm board; 46.7 x 72.4 x 4.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1947
- Accession number
- 8010
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
'Adagio' reflects Roberts' great love of music during the 1890s, when he attended regular musical soireés and counted musicians amongst his friends and portrait subjects. Representing a brief divergence from his generally realist approach, it shows the influence of the European Symbolists who were inspired by the idea of a relationship between musical and pictorial expression. Like them, Roberts aimed to encourage contemplation: evoking ideas and feelings which could not be expressed through a more literal transcription of reality.
- Bibliography (14)
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Denise Mimmocchi (Australia) (Author), Australian Symbolism: the art of dreams, Sydney, 2012, 105, 108 (colour illus.), 147.
‘New Australia’ by Wayne Tunnicliffe and Deborah Edwards, pg. 24-27., Look May 2012, May 2012, 39 (colour illus.).
'Lunar dreaming' by Susan McCulloch-Uelin, pg. R16-R17., The Weekend Australian 20 Apr 2002-21 Apr 2002, 20 Apr 2002-21 Apr 2002, R17 (illus.).
John Buckley (Australia) (Curator), Nocturne: images of night and darkness from colonial to contemporary, Mornington, 2002, 10, 11 (colour illus.), 28. no catalogue numbers
Inverell Art Gallery (Australia) (Author), Tom Roberts Art Exhibition. Tom Roberts Festival 2001, Inverell, 2001, 2. cat.no. 1
Ron Radford (Australia, b.1949) (Author), Humphrey McQueen (Author), Mary Eagle (Australia, b.1944) (Author), Virginia Spate (Australia) (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Leigh Astbury (b.1950) (Author), Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Jane Hylton (b.1950) (Author), Tom Roberts, Adelaide, 1996, 32, 33 (colour illus.).
Jane Clark (Australia) (Author), Bridget Whitelaw (Author), Golden summers: Heidelberg and beyond, Melbourne, 1985, 167 (colour illus.), 168.
Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 2 - Plates, Melbourne, 1985, (colour illus.). plate no. 96
Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 1 - Text, Melbourne, 1985, 129, 130. cat.no. 212
Virginia Spate (Australia) (Author), Tom Roberts, Melbourne, 1978, 73, 84 (colour illus.), 97-99, 101, 103. plate no. 28
'Tom Roberts' by Daniel Thomas, pg. 466-487., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly (Vol. 10, No. 4) Jul 1969, Jul 1969, 478 (illus.).
James R. Lawson Pty Ltd (Australia) (Author), Catalogue of a most important collection of valuable works of art, Sydney, 1947, 33. lot.no. 412
Editor Unknown (Editor), Exhibition and sale of paintings by Tom Roberts, previous to his leaving Australia., Sydney, Nov 1900. titled 'Girl with Violin'; cat.no. 5; priced 5 guineas
Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1895, closed 1965) (Author), Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, Sydney, 1899, 6. cat.no. 69
- Exhibition history (13)
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Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1899), Vickery's Chambers, Aug 1899 -.
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 30 Oct 1985–27 Jan 1986.
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Feb 1986–20 Apr 1986.
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of South Australia, 09 May 1986–29 Jun 1986.
Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 30 Jul 1986–14 Sep 1986.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of South Australia, 05 Oct 1996–17 Nov 1996.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 30 Nov 1996–27 Jan 1997.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 12 Feb 1997–06 Apr 1997.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1997–01 Jun 1997.
Tom Roberts (1996-1997), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 11 Jun 1997–27 Jul 1997.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Tom Roberts Festival (2001), Inverell Art Gallery, 27 Apr 2001–06 May 2001.
Nocturne: images of night and darkness from colonial to contemporary, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 23 Apr 2002–16 Jun 2002.
