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Spring sunshine
(1938)
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This work was a finalist in the 1938 Wynne Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1938.
Details
Other Title
Spring Sunshine
Date
(1938)
Materials used
oil on canvas on paperboard
Dimensions
39.5 x 48.3 cm board; 53.0 x 61.6 x 4.0 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, brown oil "LREES". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1938
Location
Not on display
Accession number
6605
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Lloyd Rees
Spring sunshine
Place
Where the work was made
Northwood
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1938), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], Sydney, 03 Sep 1938–30 Sep 1938
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1939), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Jan 1940–20 Mar 1940
Lloyd Rees Retrospective (1969-70):
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 02 Oct 1969–02 Nov 1969
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane Nov 1969–Dec 1969
- National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne 01 Feb 1970–28 Feb 1970
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 17 Mar 1970–13 Apr 1970
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 01 May 1970–31 May 1970
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 18 Jun 1970–21 Jul 1970
- Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 01 Aug 1970–31 Aug 1970
Aspects of Australian art: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1976–1977
Australian arcady: landscape paintings from the collection of the the Art Galery of New South Wales:
- Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Council, 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
Images of Sydney and Environs 1850-1950 (1985), New South Wales House, London, Mar 1985–May 1985
Referenced in 5 publications
Bibliography
Hendrik Kolenberg and Patricia James, Lloyd Rees: paintings, drawings and prints, ‘Paintings: and related drawings and prints’, pp 27-66, Sydney, 2013, 31 (colour illus.), 158. cat.no. 6
Robert Lindsay, Aspects of Australian Art: Art Gallery of New South Wales travelling art exhibition 1976, 'Lloyd Rees', Sydney, 1976, n.pag. (illus.). cat.no. 49
Ursula Prunster, Australian arcady: Landscape paintings from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, 'Catalogue', Sydney, 1983, n.pag.. cat.no. 29
Society of Artists, Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, ‘Catalogue: room two oils’, Sydney, 1938, n.pag.. cat.no. 167; priced 35 guineas
Roland Wakelin, Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, 'The artistic development of Lloyd Rees', pp 490-492, Sydney, Oct 1969, 498, 499 (illus.). 'Lloyd Rees special number'