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Title
The river
1919
Artist
Penleigh Boyd
Australia
15 Aug 1890 - 28 Nov 1923
Details
Date
1919
Materials used
watercolour
Dimensions
45.3 x 53.7 cm sheet
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l. "Penleigh Boyd 1919".
Credit
Purchased 1919
Location
Not on display
Accession number
5792
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Penleigh Boyd
The river
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Penleigh Boyd: oil and watercolour landscape, Vickery's Galleries, Sydney, 17 May 1922–27 May 1922
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938
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
- Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains 27 May 1983–19 Jun 1983
- Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia 25 Jun 1983–22 Jul 1983
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 26 Aug 1983–30 Sep 1983
Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Apr 1989–25 Jun 1989
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
- 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
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 1996–1996
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 1996–1996
Referenced in 10 publications
Bibliography
A gallery of Australian art, Sydney, 1954. plate no. 78
A study of Australian art, Sydney, 1949. plate no. 35
Hendrik Kolenberg, Look, 'The art of Australian watercolour', pg. 20-21, Heidelberg, Apr 1989, 20, 21 (colour illus.).
Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 4
Australian watercolour painters: 1780 to the present day, 'The twentieth century to 1914', pg. 92-109, Sydney, 1989, 101 (colour illus.).
Australian arcady: Landscape paintings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, 1983. cat.no. 22 Note no pagination, text reference only.
Jean Campbell, Australian watercolour painters 1780-1980, Adelaide, 1983, 205 (colour illus.).
100 masterpieces of Australian landscape painting, Melbourne, 1986, 162, 163 (colour illus.). plate no. 78
Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 35 (colour illus.), 116. cat.no. 23
Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992, 87 (colour illus.). cat.no. 42