Title

Surveyor's camp

1896

Artist

Arthur Streeton

England, Australia

08 Apr 1867 – 01 Sep 1943

Artist profile

Details

Other Title

A surveyor's camp

Place where the work was made

Richmond → Sydney → New South Wales → Australia

Date

1896

Media category

Watercolour

Materials used

pencil, watercolour on cream wove paper

Dimensions

36.3 x 62.8 cm (irreg.) sheet; 62.0 x 89.8 x 2.5cm frame

Signature & date

Signed and dated l.l. corner, black watercolour "A STREETon/ 1896".

Credit

Purchased 1896

Location

Not on display

Accession number

30

Copyright

Reproduction requests

Artist information

Arthur Streeton
Artist profile

Works in the collection

52

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Arthur Streeton's ability to create a convincing sensation of Australian space and light in his paintings sets him apart from most of his contemporaries. His early success in Sydney, particularly following the purchase of his painting ''Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide'' by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1890, encouraged him to eventually settle in Sydney in 1892.

Streeton was attracted by the coastal and harbour landscapes of the city and he travelled further afield, visiting the Blue Mountains and the Hawkesbury River region to the north west, in search of subjects. It is thought that this watercolour was painted while Streeton was with George Pitt on a surveying expedition to Richmond, near the Hawkesbury, in 1896.

© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2004
Places

Where the work was made

Richmond
Exhibition history
Shown in 20 exhibitions
- Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1896), Cliff Gallery, Sydney, 05 Sep 1896 -
- Streeton's Sydney sunshine exhibition (1896), Exhibition Venue Unknown, , 30 Nov 1896 -
- Exhibition of Australian art in London (1898), Grafton Galleries, London, 02 Apr 1898–31 Jul 1898
- Loan exhibition of the works of Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Nov 1931–20 Jan 1932
- 150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938
- Art of Australia 1788-1941, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 01 Oct 1941–26 Oct 1941
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 17 Nov 1941–31 Dec 1941
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ottawa, 15 Jan 1942–15 Feb 1942
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Yale University Art Gallery, United States of America, 02 Mar 1942–23 Mar 1942
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 03 Apr 1942–15 May 1942
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Wilmington, 01 Jun 1942–27 Jun 1942
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 10 Jul 1942–27 Aug 1942
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Toledo Museum of Art, United States of America, 06 Sep 1942–27 Sep 1942
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, 05 Oct 1942–02 Nov 1942
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Cleveland Museum of Art, United States of America, 09 Nov 1942–07 Dec 1942
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Detroit Institiute of Arts, Detroit, 01 Jan 1943–29 Jan 1943
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, The Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, 05 Feb 1943–28 Feb 1943
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, 07 Mar 1943–28 Mar 1943
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indianapolis, 08 Apr 1943–05 May 1943
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Fort Wayne Art School and Museum, Fort Wayne, 12 May 1943–31 May 1943
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, 07 Sep 1943–08 Oct 1943
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, 20 Oct 1943–17 Nov 1943
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Dallas, 28 Nov 1943–26 Dec 1943
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, Abilene, 10 Jan 1944–07 Feb 1944
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Heard Museum, Phoenix Fine Arts Association, Phoenix, 21 Feb 1944–20 Mar 1944
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, 04 Apr 1944–07 May 1944
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum, San Jose, 19 May 1944–16 Jun 1944
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Hamline University, St Paul, 01 Dec 1944–17 Dec 1944
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Society Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial, Omaha, 06 Jan 1945–27 Jan 1945
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, United States of America, 06 Feb 1945–27 Feb 1945
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Quincy Art Club, Quincy, 09 Mar 1945–30 Mar 1945
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, 13 Apr 1945–04 May 1945
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 14 May 1945–04 Jun 1945
  
  Art of Australia 1788-1941, North Texas State Teachers' College, Denton, 14 Jun 1945–05 Jul 1945
- Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836-1946, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 May 1946–Jun 1946
- 100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948
- An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Katoomba Town Hall, Katoomba, 06 Mar 1951–20 Mar 1951
  
  An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Lithgow Council Chambers, Lithgow, 03 Apr 1951–17 Apr 1951
  
  An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Cowra Town Hall, Cowra, 22 May 1951–05 Jun 1951
  
  An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Grenfell Council Chambers, Grenfell, 19 Jun 1951–03 Jul 1951
  
  An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Young Public Library, Young, 14 Aug 1951–28 Aug 1951
  
  An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Cootamundra Council Chambers, Cootamundra, 18 Sep 1951–02 Oct 1951
  
  An historical survey of Australian watercolour painting, Wagga Wagga Council Chambers, Wagga Wagga, 20 Oct 1951–30 Oct 1951
- Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Dec 1979–28 Jan 1980
- Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 21 Apr 1983–22 May 1983
  
  Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, 27 May 1983–19 Jun 1983
  
  Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia, 25 Jun 1983–22 Jul 1983
  
  Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Aug 1983–30 Sep 1983
- Australische impressionen, Landschaftsmalerei aus hundert Jahren - die 'Heidelberg school' ihre Vorlaufer und ihre Nachfolger, Schloss Heidelberg, , 30 Aug 1987–31 Oct 1987
- Nineteenth century Australian watercolours from the collection (1991), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1991–07 Jul 1991
- Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan, 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, Kyoto, 14 Jul 1992–06 Sep 1992
- Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Nov 1995–14 Jan 1996
  
  Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 1996–1996
  
  Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 1996–1996
- Arthur Streeton, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 08 Dec 1995–12 Feb 1996
  
  Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Oct 1996–24 Nov 1996
- Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000
- 19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2005–24 Jul 2005
- Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Nov 2020–14 Feb 2021
- Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
Bibliography
Referenced in 25 publications
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art from Australia: 2016 calender, Sydney, 2015, n.apg. (colour illus.). month of January
- Jane de Teliga, Australian images: Prints, drawings and watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1979, 9.
- D.H.Souter, Art and architecture: the journal of the Institute of Architects of New South Wales, 'Arthur Streeton, artist and his Australian work', pg. 225-229, Sydney, 1905, 229.
- Mary Eagle, The oil paintings of Arthur Streeton in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1994, 202.
- Ann Galbally, Arthur Streeton, 'Sydney: 1890-1897', pg. 20-31, Melbourne, 1969, 26 (illus.), 81. plate no. 12, plate no. 74
- Hans Gercke (Editor), Australische Impressionen: Landschaftsmalerei aus hundert Jahren - die 'Heidelberg school' ihre Vorlaufer und ihre Nachfolger, Heidelberg, 1987, 119. cat.no. 47
- Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Works on Paper', pg. 182-197, Sydney, 1999, 189 (colour illus.).
- Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 25 (colour illus.), 115. cat.no. 10
- Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, 19th century Australian watercolours, drawing and pastels from the Gallery's collection, Sydney, 2005, 102, 103 (colour illus.).
- Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'Australian images from the past: whether rarely seen or familiar, these works move and delight us', pg. 24-27, Sydney, Apr 2005, 26.
- Lionel Lindsay, 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. cat.no. 353
- Barry Pearce and Haruo Arikawa, Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992, 79 (colour illus.). cat.no. 34
- Ursula Prunster, Australian arcady: Landscape paintings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, 1983. cat.no. 14
- Bernard Smith, 100 years of Australian painting, 'Foreword', pg. 2-4, Sydney, 1948, 13. watercolours cat.no. 10
- Geoffrey Smith, Arthur Streeton, 1867-1943, ''City of laughing loveliness! Sun-girdled Queen!' Sydney 1890-97', pg. 67-130, South Yarra, 1995, 120, 121 (colour illus.). cat.no. 51
- Arthur Streeton, The Arthur Streeton catalogue, Melbourne, 1935, 117. cat.no. 166
- David Thomas, Deutscher and Hackett fine art auction: Sydney 28 August 2013, 'Arthur Streeton', pg. 74-75, Melbourne, Aug 2013, 74.
- Trustees of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian watercolours from the National Art Gallery collection 1836 to 1946, Sydney, 1946, 4-5, 9. cat.no. 13
- Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens and Charles Lloyd Jones (Editors), The art of Arthur Streeton, Sydney, 1919, (colour illus.). plate no. XI
- Sydney Ure Smith (Editor), Art of Australia 1788-1941, New York, 1941, 35. cat.no. 43
- Editor Unknown (Editor), The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 05 Sep 1896, 7.
- Editor Unknown (Editor), The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 04 Sep 1896, 4.
- Editor Unknown (Editor), Windsor and Richmond gazette, 'Richmond', Windsor, 22 Jan 1898, 4. reference to the Exhibition of Australian art in London in 1898
- Editor Unknown (Editor), Sydney mail and New South Wales advertiser, Sydney, 19 Sep 1896, 596, 603 (illus.).
- Editor Unknown, Sydney mail and New South Wales advertiser, Sydney, 12 Sep 1896, 537.