John Passmore
(Australia 04 Feb 1904–09 Oct 1984)
- Title
- Jumping horse-mackerel
- Year
- 1959
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
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121.9 x 149.8cm board; 128.0 x 156.0 x 5.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner, "August 1959 [pencil]/ -Sept. 1959 [brown (oil?)]/ J.Passmore [(pencil?)]".
- Credit
- Purchased 1959
- Accession number
- OA21.1959
- Copyright
- © John Passmore Museum of Art
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Further information
John Passmore studied briefly at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School before travelling to England in 1933, where he remained for 18 years. Inspired by modern French painting, in particular the work of Cézanne, Passmore returned to Australia in 1951 and began teaching a generation of young artists including John Olsen, Yvonne Audette and William Rose.
Passmore took part in the avant-garde exhibition 'Direction I' held at Macquarie Galleries in 1956, which launched abstract expressionism on the Sydney art scene. During this period, Passmore derived his images principally from the waterways of Sydney – fishermen, jetties and the changing patterns of sea and sunlight.
- Bibliography (12)
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'Remembering John Passmore: a home for the works of an important Australian artist' by Jill Sykes, pg. 20-22., Look Aug 2004, Aug 2004, 20 (colour illus.), 21.
Christine France (Australia) (Author), New Directions 1952-1962, Sydney, 1991, 43. cat.no. 56
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), John Passmore 1904-84, Sydney, 1984, 77 (colour illus.). cat.no. 50
Ronald Millar (Australia, b.1927) (Author), Civilized magic: an interpretive guide to Australian paintings, Toorak, 1974, 21 (colour illus.).
Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 123 (colour illus.).
Robert Hughes (Australia; United States of America, b.1938, d.2012) (Author), The art of Australia, Ringwood, 1970, 15, 261 (illus.), 262, 328. illus.no. 106
Art and Australia [vol. 1, no. 1] May 1963, May 1963, 11 (illus.).
Whitechapel Art Gallery (England) (Compilator), Recent Australian Painting, London, 1961, (illus.). plate no. IV
'Acquisitions for 1959'., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Apr 1960, Apr 1960, 19 (illus.).
The Sydney Morning Herald 19 Sep 1959, 19 Sep 1959.
Daily telegraph and daily news 17 Sep 1959, 17 Sep 1959.
The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship 1959, Sydney, 1959. cat.no. 46
- Exhibition history (20)
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Selections from 'The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship' 1959, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 16 Sep 1959–11 Oct 1959.
Recent Australian Painting, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Jun 1961–Jul 1961.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Melbourne Town Hall, 02 Apr 1977–20 Apr 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Sale Regional Art Gallery, 29 Apr 1977–20 May 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 27 May 1977–17 Jun 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Warrnambool Art Gallery, 24 Jun 1977–15 Jul 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Shepparton Art Museum, 22 Jul 1977–08 Aug 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Hamilton Art Gallery, 12 Aug 1977–02 Sep 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Bendigo Art Gallery, 16 Sep 1977–07 Oct 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Mildura Arts Centre, 14 Oct 1977–04 Nov 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Benalla Art Gallery, 11 Nov 1977–02 Dec 1977.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, 09 Dec 1977–20 Jan 1978.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Ararat Gallery, 27 Jan 1978–17 Feb 1978.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, Geelong Art Gallery, 24 Feb 1978–17 Mar 1978.
1940-1965: The heroic years of Australian painting, La Trobe Regional Gallery, 24 Mar 1978–14 Apr 1978.
John Passmore Retrospective (1984-1985), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Dec 1984–10 Feb 1985.
John Passmore Retrospective (1984-1985), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 27 Feb 1985–07 Apr 1985.
John Passmore Retrospective (1984-1985), Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 12 Jul 1985–18 Aug 1985.
New Directions 1952-1962, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, 08 Feb 1991–24 Mar 1991.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
