George W Lambert
(Russia, Australia 1873–1930)
- Title
- Miss Thea Proctor
- Other titles:
- Portrait of Miss Thea Proctor
- Place of origin
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London →
England
- Year
- (1903)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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90.0 x 69.8cm sight; 92.0 x 71.6cm stretcher; 113.2 x 92.8 x 5.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. corner, red oil "GWL [monogram]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased under the terms of the Florence Turner Blake Bequest 1961
- Accession number
- OA12.1961
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
Thea Proctor was an important figure in George W Lambert’s life. Both friend and great admirer of his work, she was a prominent Australian painter, printmaker and teacher with whom he later jointly established the Contemporary Art Group. They had both returned to Australia in 1921 after two decades in England. Proctor had been a daily visitor to his home in London, and posed regularly for his portraits.
Lambert’s charming early portrait of his friend revealed his admiration for leading society portrait painters of the day, in particular Charles Furse. This was Lambert’s first painting to be exhibited at London’s Royal Academy in 1904, where it was prominently hung.
- Bibliography (35)
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Look Mar 2005, Mar 2005, 4 (colour illus.). Colour advertisement for 'The world of Thea Proctor' exhibition, NGA, Canberra, 8 April - 19 June 2005.
Andrew Sayers (Australia, b.1957) (Author), Sarah Engledow (Australia) (Author), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934) (Author), The world of Thea Proctor, Canberra, 2005, 16 (colour illus.), 27, 179.
'Society and exhibition portraits'., The Edwardians: secrets and desires 2004, 2004, (illus.). Illustrates one of the works in the thematic room in Gallery 1: Society and exhibition portraits.
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Author), The Edwardians: secrets and desires, Canberra, 2004, 65, 107-108 (colour illus., detail), 111, 113 (colour illus.), 185 (colour illus.). cat.no. 66
Bruce James (Australia) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Director), Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, Domain, 1999, 125 (colour illus.).
Mary Eagle (Australia, b.1944) (Author), Lola Wilkins (Australia) (Author), A tribute to William Dobell, Canberra, 1999, 31.
Alexandra Joel (Author), Parade: The story of fashion in Australia, Pymble, 1998, 42 (colour illus.), 43.
Lynne Seear (Australia) (Editor), Julie Ewington (Australia) (Editor), Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965, South Brisbane, 1998, 104.
'Of his time' by Juliana Engberg, pg. 194-195., Art and Australia (Vol. 35, No. 2) 1997, 1997, 194 (colour illus.).
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Editor), Art and Artifice: George Lambert (1873-1930), 1996, cover (illus.), 68 (colour illus.).
Australian Encyclopaedia Vol. 6 1996, 1996, 2334 (colour illus.).
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Author), George Lambert (1873-1930) catalogue raisonné: paintings and sculpture, drawings in public collections, Perth, 1996, 12. cat.no. P50
Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Modernism and Feminism Australian Women Artists 1900-1940, Sydney, 1996, 154 (colour illus.), 155. Illustration 86
Robert Holden (Author), Cover Up: The art of magazine covers in Australia, Sydney, 1995, 92.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Patricia McDonald (Editor), Haruo Arikawa (Japan) (Author), Chikashi Kitazaki (Japan) (Editor), Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992, 110 (colour illus.). cat.no. 59
Art and Australia (Vol. 28, No. 2) Winter 1990, Winter 1990, 215 (colour illus.), 216.
Jean Campbell (Australia) (Author), Early Sydney moderns : John Young and the Macquarie Galleries 1916-1946, Sydney, 1988, 40.
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Face to face: Australian portraits, Sydney, 1986, (colour illus.). cat.no. 4
Andrew Motion (b.1952) (Author), The Lamberts. George, Constant & Kit, London, 1986, 44, 45, 46, 59 (colour illus.). plate no. 5
Martin Terry (Australia) (Author), Masterpieces of Australian Painting, Sydney, 1984, 79 (colour illus.).
Peter Haynes (Australia) (Compilator), Famous people: a selective who's who from works in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, cover (illus.), 14 (illus.).
Jan Minchin (Author), Roger Butler (Australia, b.1948) (Author), Chris Deutscher (Australia) (Author), The prints: Thea Proctor, Sydney, 1980, 2 (illus.), 6.
Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 89 (colour illus.).
Author Unknown (Author), The Art Gallery of New South Wales Picture Book, Sydney, 1972, 89 (colour illus.).
James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008) (Author), John Henshaw (New Zealand; Australia, b.1929, d.2006) (Editor), Impressionist painters 1881-1930, St Kilda, 1971, 122 (colour illus.). plate no. 101
Robert Hughes (Australia; United States of America, b.1938, d.2012) (Author), The art of Australia, Ringwood, 1970, 12, 98, 99 (illus.), 326. plate no. 33
Author Unknown, Fifth Adelaide Festival of Arts 1968: Special exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Unknown, 1968, 28. cat.no. 3
Society of Artists book 1946-47 1946-1947, 1946-1947, 33 (colour illus.).
New South Wales Society of Artists (Australia, estab. 1895, closed 1960s) (Author), Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1946), Sydney, 1946. cat.no. 182
Amy Lambert (England) (Author), Thirty years of an artist's life : the career of G.W. Lambert, A.R.A, Sydney, 1938, 38.
William Moore (Australia, b.1868, d.1937) (Author), The Story of Australian Art: from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today (Vol. 2), Sydney, 1934, 5.
Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768) (Author), Royal Academy of Arts commemorative exhibition of works by late members: winter exhibition, fifty-second year 1933., London, 1933. cat.no. 249
Arthur Jose (Australia) (Author), The Art of George W. Lambert, Sydney, 1924, 11.
Royal Academy of Arts (England, estab. 1768) (Author), The Royal Academy of Arts, 1904, London, 1904. cat.no. 531
Walker Art Gallery (England) (Author), Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, in oil and water colours, Liverpool, 1904. cat.no. 1211
- Exhibition history (17)
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Royal Academy of Arts, 1904, Royal Academy of Arts, 1904–1904.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, in oil and water colours (1904), Walker Art Gallery, Sep 1904–Dec 1904.
Commemorative exhibition of works by late members, winter exhibition, 1933, Royal Academy of Arts, 07 Jan 1933–11 Mar 1933.
Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1946), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 24 Aug 1946–11 Sep 1946.
(Unknown) (Macquarie Galleries) (1961), Macquarie Galleries, 15 Aug 1961–19 Aug 1961.
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962.
George Washington Lambert (1968), Art Gallery of South Australia, 1968 -.
Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 28 Apr 1992–28 Jun 1992.
Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 14 Jul 1992–06 Sep 1992.
Cover up: the art of magazine covers in Australia, Hyde Park Barracks, 19 May 1995–13 Aug 1995.
Cover up: the art of magazine covers in Australia, The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, 31 Aug 1995–08 Oct 1995.
Cover up: the art of magazine covers in Australia, National Library of Australia, 26 Oct 1995–31 Oct 1996.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
The Edwardians: Secrets and Desire, National Gallery of Australia, 12 Mar 2004–13 Jun 2004.
The Edwardians: Secrets and Desire, Art Gallery of South Australia, 09 Jul 2004–12 Sep 2004.
The world of Thea Proctor (2005), National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], 08 Apr 2005–31 Jul 2005.
George Lambert retrospective: heroes & icons, National Gallery of Australia, 29 Jun 2007–16 Sep 2007.
