J J Hilder
(Australia 23 Jul 1881–Apr 1916)
- Title
- Timber getters
- Year
- 1910
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- pencil, watercolour on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
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22.2 x 27.5cm sheet; 47.0 x 49.5 x 2.3cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., watercolour "J.J. HILDER/ 1910".
- Credit
- Gift of Howard Hinton 1917
- Accession number
- 89
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The vogue for watercolours and the sustained public interest in national landscape collide happily in the work of J. J. Hilder. Queensland-born, he was essentially self-taught in the watercolour medium, which he commanded with an authority equalled only by Hans Heysen and Blamire Young. Timber getters takes its cues from the Heidelberg School, Sydney Long and the English aesthetic movement, with Hilder supplying his signature touch of atmospheric fluidity. The image coheres for the viewer from pools of pure colour. Hilder's early death from tuberculosis robbed Australian art of a unique sensibility, though a substantial body of his work survives.
- Bibliography (11)
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Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 74 (colour illus.), 75, 144, 147.
Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, Domain, 1999, 191 (colour illus.).
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 32 (colour illus.), 115-116. cat.no. 19
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 31
Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), J.J. Hilder and contemporaries, Sydney, 1981, (illus.). cat.no. 5
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, 12, 13 (illus.). cat.no. 10
Captain Brett Hilder (Australia, b.1911, d.1981) (Author), Lloyd Rees (Australia, b.1895, d.1988) (Author), The heritage of J. J. Hilder, Sydney, 1966. cat.no. 191
'The watercolours of J.J. Hilder' by Douglas Dundas., The Etruscan Sep 1959, Sep 1959, 22 (colour illus.).
R.H. Goddard (Author), Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), C.B. Newling (Author), A memorial volume to Howard Hinton patron of art, Sydney, 1951, 138 (illus.). cat.no. 14
National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Howard Hinton memorial exhibition, Sydney, 1948, 5. cat.no. 14
Sydney Ure Smith (Australia, b.1887, d.1949) (Editor), Art of Australia 1788-1941, New York, 1941, 39, (illus.). cat.no. 72
- Exhibition history (42)
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The Australian art exhibition (1932), Macleod Galleries, 22 Mar 1932 -.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01 Oct 1941–26 Oct 1941.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17 Nov 1941–31 Dec 1941.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 15 Jan 1942–15 Feb 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Yale University Art Gallery, 02 Mar 1942–23 Mar 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Carnegie Institute, 03 Apr 1942–15 May 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, 01 Jun 1942–27 Jun 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 10 Jul 1942–27 Aug 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Toledo Museum of Art, 06 Sep 1942–27 Sep 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, 05 Oct 1942–02 Nov 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Cleveland Museum of Art, 09 Nov 1942–07 Dec 1942.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Detroit Institiute of Arts, 01 Jan 1943–29 Jan 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, The Art Gallery of Toronto, 05 Feb 1943–28 Feb 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Art Association of Montreal, 07 Mar 1943–28 Mar 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 08 Apr 1943–05 May 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Fort Wayne Art School and Museum, 12 May 1943–31 May 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rockhill Nelson Gallery, 07 Sep 1943–08 Oct 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Philbrook Art Museum, 20 Oct 1943–17 Nov 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, 28 Nov 1943–26 Dec 1943.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, 10 Jan 1944–07 Feb 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Heard Museum, Phoenix Fine Arts Association, 21 Feb 1944–20 Mar 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, San Francisco Museum of Art, 04 Apr 1944–07 May 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum, 19 May 1944–16 Jun 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Hamline University, 01 Dec 1944–17 Dec 1944.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Society Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial, 06 Jan 1945–27 Jan 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 06 Feb 1945–27 Feb 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Quincy Art Club, 09 Mar 1945–30 Mar 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, Oklahoma Art Center, 13 Apr 1945–04 May 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, University of Oklahoma, 14 May 1945–04 Jun 1945.
Art of Australia 1788-1941, North Texas State Teachers' College, 14 Jun 1945–05 Jul 1945.
Howard Hinton memorial exhibition (1948), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Apr 1948–30 Apr 1948.
One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Various, 1968–1969.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Aug 1981–04 Oct 1981.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Tamworth City Gallery, 04 Apr 1982–24 Apr 1982.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 06 May 1982–30 May 1982.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Wollongong City Gallery, 02 Jun 1982–14 Jul 1982.
J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries, Albury Regional Gallery, 09 Sep 1982–26 Sep 1982.
Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Apr 1989–25 Jun 1989.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1996–1996.
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1996–1996.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
