John Longstaff
(Australia 1862–01 Oct 1941)
- Title
- Portrait of Sir John Sulman
- Other titles:
- Sir John Sulman
- Year
- (1931)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
104.4 x 96.5cm
- Signature & date
- Signed u.r., oil "J Longstaff".
- Credit
- Purchased 1931
- Accession number
- 966
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The architect John Sulman (1849–1934) was a trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1899–1934 and president from 1919 until his death in 1934. His children endowed the Sir John Sulman Prize for genre (subject) painting or mural decoration, to be awarded annually by the Gallery's trustees in conjunction with the Archibald and Wynne Prizes. Sulman's architectural commissions in Australia include the Women's College, University of Sydney (1890–94) and Presbyterian churches at Woollahra, Manly and Randwick. His most important work was the Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital at Concord.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006
- Bibliography (7)
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Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 2005, 25 (colour illus.), 134 (colour illus.). titled 'Sir John Sulman'
Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 1999, 27 (colour illus.), 124 (colour illus.).
Prue Joske (Author), Debonair Jack, South Yarra, 1994, 158 (illus.).
'The Archibald Prize' by Anna Waldmann, pg. 213-236., Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2) Summer 1982, Summer 1982, 217 (colour illus.).
Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 217 (colour illus.).
'The Wynne and Sulman prizes' by Douglas Dundas, pg. 53-56., Art Gallery of New South Wales quarterly Jan 1961, Jan 1961, 53 (illus.), 55.
Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 202; titled 'Sir John Sulman', [Gallery No. 3]
- Exhibition history (2)
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Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1931), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 30 Jan 1932–27 Feb 1932.
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938.
