Title

Timber getters

1910

Artist

J J Hilder

Australia

23 Jul 1881 – Apr 1916

Alternate image of Timber getters by J J Hilder

Details

Date

1910

Media category

Watercolour

Materials used

pencil, watercolour on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

22.2 x 27.5 cm sheet; 47.0 x 49.5 x 2.3 cm frame

Signature & date

Signed and dated l.r., watercolour "J.J. HILDER/ 1910".

Credit

Gift of Howard Hinton 1917

Location

Not on display

Accession number

89

Copyright

Reproduction requests

Artist information

J J Hilder
Works in the collection

34

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About

The vogue for watercolours and the sustained public interest in national landscape collide happily in the work of J. J. Hilder. Queensland-born, he was essentially self-taught in the watercolour medium, which he commanded with an authority equalled only by Hans Heysen and Blamire Young. Timber getters takes its cues from the Heidelberg School, Sydney Long and the English aesthetic movement, with Hilder supplying his signature touch of atmospheric fluidity. The image coheres for the viewer from pools of pure colour. Hilder's early death from tuberculosis robbed Australian art of a unique sensibility, though a substantial body of his work survives.
Exhibition history
Shown in 8 exhibitions
- The Australian art exhibition (1932), Macleod Galleries, , 22 Mar 1932 -
- Art of Australia 1788-1941:
  - National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 01 Oct 1941–26 Oct 1941
  - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 17 Nov 1941–31 Dec 1941
  - National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ottawa 15 Jan 1942–15 Feb 1942
  - Yale University Art Gallery, United States of America 02 Mar 1942–23 Mar 1942
  - Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh 03 Apr 1942–15 May 1942
  - Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Wilmington 01 Jun 1942–27 Jun 1942
  - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 10 Jul 1942–27 Aug 1942
  - Toledo Museum of Art, United States of America 06 Sep 1942–27 Sep 1942
  - Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester 05 Oct 1942–02 Nov 1942
  - Cleveland Museum of Art, United States of America 09 Nov 1942–07 Dec 1942
  - Detroit Institiute of Arts, Detroit 01 Jan 1943–29 Jan 1943
  - The Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto 05 Feb 1943–28 Feb 1943
  - Art Association of Montreal, Montreal 07 Mar 1943–28 Mar 1943
  - Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 08 Apr 1943–05 May 1943
  - Fort Wayne Art School and Museum, Fort Wayne 12 May 1943–31 May 1943
  - Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City 07 Sep 1943–08 Oct 1943
  - Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa 20 Oct 1943–17 Nov 1943
  - Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Dallas 28 Nov 1943–26 Dec 1943
  - Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, Abilene 10 Jan 1944–07 Feb 1944
  - Heard Museum, Phoenix Fine Arts Association, Phoenix 21 Feb 1944–20 Mar 1944
  - San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco 04 Apr 1944–07 May 1944
  - Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum, San Jose 19 May 1944–16 Jun 1944
  - Hamline University, St Paul 01 Dec 1944–17 Dec 1944
  - Society Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial, Omaha 06 Jan 1945–27 Jan 1945
  - Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, United States of America 06 Feb 1945–27 Feb 1945
  - Quincy Art Club, Quincy 09 Mar 1945–30 Mar 1945
  - Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City 13 Apr 1945–04 May 1945
  - University of Oklahoma, Norman 14 May 1945–04 Jun 1945
  - North Texas State Teachers' College, Denton 14 Jun 1945–05 Jul 1945
- Howard Hinton memorial exhibition (1948), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1948–30 Apr 1948
- One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Various, , 1968–1969
- J.J. Hilder and Contemporaries:
  - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 29 Aug 1981–04 Oct 1981
  - Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth 04 Apr 1982–24 Apr 1982
  - Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 06 May 1982–30 May 1982
  - Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong 02 Jun 1982–14 Jul 1982
  - Albury Regional Gallery, Albury 09 Sep 1982–26 Sep 1982
- Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Apr 1989–25 Jun 1989
- 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
- Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
Bibliography
Referenced in 11 publications
- Dennis Colsey and Hal Missingham, One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Sydney, 1968, 12, 13 (illus.). cat.no. 10
- Douglas Dundas., The Etruscan, 'The watercolours of J.J. Hilder', Sydney, Sep 1959, 22 (colour illus.).
- Gavin Fry, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, 'J.J. Hilder / Blamire Young / Norman Lindsay', pg. 72-87, Sydney, 2002, 74 (colour illus.), 75, 144, 147.
- R.H. Goddard, Lionel Lindsay and C.B. Newling, A memorial volume to Howard Hinton patron of art, Sydney, 1951, 138 (illus.). cat.no. 14
- Brett Hilder and Lloyd Rees, The heritage of J. J. Hilder, Sydney, 1966. cat.no. 191
- Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Works on Paper', pg. 182-197, Sydney, 1999, 191 (colour illus.).
- Hendrik Kolenberg, Australian watercolours 1880s to 1990s, Sydney, 1995, 32 (colour illus.), 115-116. cat.no. 19
- Hendrik Kolenberg, Twentieth century Australian watercolours from the collection, Sydney, 1989. cat.no. 31
- Lionel Lindsay, Howard Hinton memorial exhibition, 'Howard Hinton, OBE', pg. 2-3, Sydney, 1948, 5. cat.no. 14
- Ursula Prunster and Edmund Capon AM, OBE, J.J. Hilder and contemporaries, Sydney, 1981, (illus.). cat.no. 5
- Sydney Ure Smith (Editor), Art of Australia 1788-1941, New York, 1941, 39, (illus.). cat.no. 72