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An image of The crucifixion by Roy de Maistre

Roy de Maistre

(Australia, England 27 Mar 1894–01 Mar 1968)

Title
The crucifixion
Year
1932
completed 1945
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on paperboard
Dimensions

81.5 x 58.8cm board; 104.0 x 81.0 x 6.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. corner, black oil "R. de Maistre/ 1945".
Credit
Purchased 1950
Accession number
8538
Copyright
© Caroline de Mestre Walker
Location
20th & 21st c Australian art
Bibliography (7)

Lynne Seear (Australia) (Editor), Julie Ewington (Australia) (Editor), Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965, South Brisbane, 1998, 220.

Heather Johnson (Author), Roy de Maistre: The english years, New South Wales, 1995.

Daniel Thomas (Curator), Project 14: Roy de Maistre 1894-1968, Sydney, 1976, (illus.). cat.no. 24

Clive Turnbull (Author), Jean Campbell (Australia) (Author), Daniel Thomas (Author), Australian painting: colonial, impressionist, contemporary, Adelaide, 1962, 42, 84 (illus.), 85. cat.no. 87

Author Unknown (Author), The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1962. not paginated, cat.no. 104

Sir John Rothenstein (England, b.1901, d.1992) (Author), Bryan Robertson (b.1925) (Author), Roy de Maistre: A retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings from 1917-1960, London, 1960, 14. cat.no. 63; titled: 'Crucifixion'; dated: 1945; Coll: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship 1900 to 1956, Sydney, 1956, 7. cat.no. 4

Exhibition history (8)

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1950, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Feb 1951–22 Apr 1951.

A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953.

New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship 1900 to 1956, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Apr 1956 -.

Roy de Maistre: Retrospective exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917-1960, Whitechapel Art Gallery, May 1960–Jun 1960.

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.

Project 14 - Roy de Maistre: 1894-1968 (1976), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Sep 1976–04 Oct 1976.