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Title
Artemis and Hyperion
circa 1881
Artist
George Frederic Watts
England
23 Feb 1817 - 01 Jul 1904
Details
Other Title
Hyperion
Date
circa 1881
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
213.4 x 124.5 cm stretcher; 243.0 x 151.7 x 7.0 cm frame
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1983
Accession number
225.1983
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George Frederic Watts
Artemis and Hyperion
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 1986–23 Nov 1986
Pre-Raphaelites and Olympians. Selected works of Victorian art from the John and Julie Schaeffer and the Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 2001–09 Sep 2001
Provenance
Lilian Chapman, George Watts' adopted daughter
Ronald Chapman, by descent, son of Lilian Chapman
Whitford and Hughes, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Whitford and Hughes 1983
Referenced in 8 publications
Bibliography
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Sydney, 1986, (illus.). cat.no. 140
Renee Free, Art and Australia, 'European Acquisitions: 1972-83', pg. 63-67, Sydney, Spring 1984, 63 (illus.).
Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'European', pg. 36-56, Sydney, 1988, 44.
Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 207 (illus.).
Anne Kirker and Peter Tomory, British painting 1800–1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 176. cat.no. 2263
Elwyn Lynn (Editor), Art and Australia (Vol. 21, No. 3), Sydney, Autumn 1984, 325 (colour illus.).
Mrs M.S. Watts, George Frederic Watts The Annals of an Artist's Life, London, 1912, 158.
W.K. West, G.F. Watts, London, 1905. plate no. 6