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Title
H. Desbrowe Annear
(circa 1921)
Artist
W B McInnes
Australia
1889 - 1939
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About
W.B. McInnes' portrait of Desbrowe Annear (1865–1933) is significant as winner of the first Archibald Prize in 1921. Winning the prize six more times for his characteristically dark, tonal portraits, McInnes was the pre-eminent artist of the Prize's first decade, and, with John Longstaff, virtually dominated official portraiture. Desbrowe Annear was a well-known Melbourne architect. Primarily a designer of houses, his best known are 32, 34 and 38 The Eyrie, Eaglemont, constructed between 1902 and 1903. Working in a variety of modern styles, Annear sought to create an architecture suited to the climate and geography of Australia.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006
This work was aquired by the Gallery in 1922.
Details
Date
(circa 1921)
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
107.5 x 104.2 cm
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the artist 1922
Location
Not on display
Accession number
4557
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W B McInnes
H. Desbrowe Annear
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Jan 1922–16 Mar 1922
Norman Macgeorge: man of art, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Parkville, 22 Sep 2001–25 Nov 2001
Referenced in 10 publications
Bibliography
Anne Gray, Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960, 'Face: Australian portraits 1880-1960', pg. 15-41, Canberra, 2010, 34.
Erik Langker, Art Gallery of New South Wales quarterly, 'The Archibald prize', pg. 51-56, Sydney, Jan 1961, cover (illus.), 50, 51.
Anna Waldmann, Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2), 'The Archibald Prize', pg. 213-236, Sydney, Summer 1982, 214 (colour illus.).
John Pigot, Norman Macgeorge: man of art, 'An u, p-, Melbourne, 2001, 24 (illus.), 92. cat.no. 46
Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'The Early Decades', pg. 16-31, Sydney, 1999, 16 (colour illus.), 122 (colour illus.).
Look, 'Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes', pg. 16, Heidelberg, Mar 1997, 16 (colour illus.).
The Archibald Prize 1921-1993, Sydney, 1993, 11 (colour illus.).
The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 214 (colour illus.).
Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes for 1978, Sydney, 1978, 10.
Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, 'Chapter 2: The early decades', pg. 15-37, Sydney, 2005, 14 (colour illus.).