Tom Roberts
(England, Australia 08 Mar 1856–14 Sep 1931)
- Title
- Portrait of Mr. T.P. Purves
- Other titles:
- Self-Portrait [H.Y. Norton & Huband-Smith]
- Year
- 1900
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
53.0 x 43.0cm stretcher; 69.7 x 59.6 x 5.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l. corner, red oil "Tom Roberts". Dated l.r. corner, red oil "1900".
- Credit
- Watson Bequest Fund 1961
- Accession number
- OA9.1961
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Employed as an official in an insurance company, T.P. Purves was married to Roberts' sister Alice. Typical of a number of the artist's portraits, it conforms to the then preferred academic formula of a brightly lit head on a dark ground with which the subject’s clothes merge. However Roberts' immense skill and individuality as a portraitist succeeds in lifting the quality of his rendition beyond the mere requirement of a satisfactory likeness.
- Bibliography (5)
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Inverell Art Gallery (Australia) (Author), Tom Roberts Art Exhibition. Tom Roberts Festival 2001, Inverell, 2001, 3. cat.no. 5
Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume II - Plates, Melbourne, 1985, 166. cat.no. 354
Helen Topliss (Australia) (Author), Tom Roberts 1856-1931: a catalogue raisonné. Volume 1 - Text, Melbourne, 1985, (colour illus.). plate no. 156
'Tom Roberts' by Daniel Thomas, pg. 466-487., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly (Vol. 10, No. 4) Jul 1969, Jul 1969, 480, 481 (illus.).
1961 Acquisitions 1961, 1961, 14. cat.no. 19
- Exhibition history (3)
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Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962.
Tom Roberts Festival (2001), Inverell Art Gallery, 27 Apr 2001–06 May 2001.
Tom Roberts Festival - Portraiture (2006), Inverell Art Gallery, 22 Apr 2006–05 May 2006.
