Sali Herman
(Switzerland, Australia 12 Feb 1898–03 Apr 1993)
- Title
- Near the docks
- Year
- 1949
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas on hardboard
- Dimensions
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50.7 x 96.8cm board; 73.2 x 118.4 x 7.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner, red oil "S.Herman.49".
- Credit
- Purchased 1949
- Accession number
- 8278
- Copyright
- © AGNSW
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Having studied in Zurich and Paris, Swiss-born Sali Herman arrived in Melbourne in 1937 as a mature post-impressionist artist. This did not prevent his attendance at the George Bell School nor his development of an authentically Australian urban style in Sydney, the city he made his home from 1938. Associated with a circle of artists around Kings Cross, notably William Dobell and intermittently Russell Drysdale, Herman devoted much of his career to representations of inner city architecture and life. His streetscapes of Paddington, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo, Surry Hills and similarly venerable residential and light-industrial precincts form a catalogue of characteristic views comparable to those Maurice Utrillo made of Paris. Near the docks conveys the desultory, almost abandoned beauty of a down-at-heel neighbourhood - Herman's favourite motif.
Art Gallery Handbook 1999
- Bibliography (9)
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Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, Domain, 1999, 156 (colour illus.).
Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 27.
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Two centuries of Australian painting: a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, New South Wales, 1986, 34 (illus.). cat.no. 37
Brian Ladd (Australia) (Author), Alan Krell (Author), The Artist & the City, Domain, 1983, 5, 8 (colour illus.), 11-12. cat.no. 21
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Sali Herman, Domain, 1981, 52 (illus.). cat.no. 38
Tony Lenten (Australia) (Author), City art, Victoria, 1978, 40 (illus.), 105 (colour illus.).
Dennis Colsey (Australia) (Author), Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Sydney, 1968, 23 (illus.). cat.no. 26
Clive Turnbull (Author), Jean Campbell (Australia) (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Australian painting: colonial, impressionist, contemporary, Adelaide, 1962, 44. cat.no. 127
Author Unknown (Author), The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1962. not paginated, cat.no. 136
- Exhibition history (25)
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Purchases and Acquisitions for 1949, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Dec 1949–17 Feb 1950.
Travelling Art Exhibitions 1952. Australian landscape painting, Taree Council Chambers, 08 Jul 1952–22 Jul 1952.
Travelling Art Exhibitions 1952. Australian landscape painting, Lithgow Public Library, 05 Aug 1952–19 Aug 1952.
Travelling Art Exhibitions 1952. Australian landscape painting, Young Public Library, 16 Sep 1952–30 Sep 1952.
Travelling Art Exhibitions 1952. Australian landscape painting, Church of England Parish Hall, 13 Oct 1952–26 Oct 1952.
The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (1956), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 18 Nov 1956–15 Dec 1956.
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), National Gallery of South Australia, 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962.
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 23 Sep 1962–24 Oct 1962.
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), Tate Britain, 24 Jan 1963–03 Mar 1963.
One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Various, 1968–1969.
Sali Herman retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Jul 1981–26 Jul 1981.
Sali Herman retrospective, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Feb 1982–Mar 1982.
The Artist and the City, Art Museum Armidale, 01 Nov 1983–04 Nov 1983.
The Artist and the City, Tamworth City Gallery, 08 Nov 1983–11 Nov 1983.
The Artist and the City, Manly Regional Art Gallery and Museum, 15 Nov 1983–20 Nov 1983.
The Artist and the City, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Nov 1983–18 Dec 1983.
Images of Sydney and Environs 1850-1950 (1985), New South Wales House, Mar 1985–May 1985.
Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, 19 Apr 1986–15 Jun 1986.
Sali Herman retrospective, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 09 Oct 1991–02 Nov 1991.
Kings Cross - Bohemian Sydney, Elizabeth Bay House, 31 May 2003–21 Sep 2003.
Sali Herman retrospective, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.
Sali Herman retrospective, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston.
Sali Herman retrospective, Bendigo Art Gallery.
Sali Herman retrospective, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
Sali Herman retrospective, Albury Regional Gallery.
