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An image of Seated figure by Ian Fairweather

Ian Fairweather

(Scotland, Australia 29 Sep 1891–20 May 1974)

Title
Seated figure
Place of origin
Cairns → Queensland → Australia
Year
1948
Media categories
Painting, Drawing
Materials used
pencil, gouache on cardboard
Dimensions

56.9 x 45.0cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed l.r., gouache 'I F' [in Chinese characters]. Dated u.l., gouache '1948' [in Chinese characters].
Credit
Purchased 1949
Accession number
8177
Copyright
© Ian Fairweather/DACS. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Location
Not on display
Further information

'Seated figure' was made while Fairweather was living in northern Australia, during the second of three principal phases of drawing in his career when his work made major shifts in content and style. Chinese calligraphy encouraged Fairweather to experiment with different ways of making marks; although he did not use calligraphy in a strictly traditional sense, it influenced his art profoundly, particularly his drawing. For Fairweather, drawings were catalysts in the development of his painting, part of a continuing cycle of development and progress.

Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000

Bibliography (12)

Murray Bail (Australia, b.1941) (Author), Ian Fairweather, Sydney, 2009, 86 (colour illus.), 250. plate no. 61; cat.no. 69

INK: Whiteley and Others, Sydney, 2006. List of works

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Sydney, 2000.

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 6 (colour illus.), 84 (illus.). cat.no. 76

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Everyday life: prints drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European art, Sydney, 1994. cat.no. 28

Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), The portrait and the nude: Australian drawings from the collection, Sydney, 1990. cat.no. 31

'A figure painting by Fairweather - some misapprehensions' by Robert Smith, pg. 43., The art bulletin of Tasmania 1984, 1984, 43 (illus.).

Art and Artists of Australia 1981, 1981, (colour illus.).

'Ian Fairweather' by James Gleeson., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Jul 1965, Jul 1965, cover (illus.).

Queensland Art Gallery (Australia, estab. 1895) (Curator), Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition, South Brisbane, Jun 1965. cat.no. 20; not paginated

'Exhibition reveals vitality in art' by Our Art Critic, pg. 2., The Sydney Morning Herald 16 Nov 1956, 16 Nov 1956, 2.

'An expanded view something to see' by Alan Sisley, n.pag., Central Western Daily 2011, 2011, n.pag.. Article relates to the exhibition 'An expanded vision: Mary Turner collection' held at Orange Regional Gallery in 2011.

Exhibition history (17)

Christmas exhibition (1948), Macquarie Galleries, 01 Dec 1948–24 Dec 1948.

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1949, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Dec 1949–17 Feb 1950.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), Queensland Art Gallery, 03 Jun 1965–04 Jul 1965.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Jul 1965–22 Aug 1965.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 09 Sep 1965–10 Oct 1965.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), National Gallery of South Australia, 26 Oct 1965–21 Nov 1965.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), Western Australian Art Gallery, 09 Dec 1965–16 Jan 1966.

Fairweather: a retrospective exhibition (1965-1966), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 10 Feb 1966–13 Mar 1966.

The portrait and the nude: Australian drawings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Aug 1990–28 Oct 1990.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Oct 1994–27 Nov 1994.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, 04 Mar 1995–01 Apr 1995.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, 03 May 1995–03 Jun 1995.

Everyday Life, prints, drawings and watercolours from the collections of Australian and European Art, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, 22 Jun 1995–30 Jul 1995.

Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.

Ink: Whiteley and others (2006), The Brett Whiteley Studio, 29 Apr 2006–20 Aug 2006.

An expanded vision: Mary Turner collection, Orange Regional Gallery, 27 Aug 2011–30 Oct 2011.