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Title
Desert landscape
(1952)
Details
Other Title
Rocky landscape
Date
(1952)
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
102.9 x 128.3 cm stretcher; 122.5 x 147.0 x 6.5 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.r., red oil "Russell Drysdale". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1959
Location
Not on display
Accession number
OA15.1959
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Russell Drysdale
Desert landscape
Shown in 9 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Sydney painting 1952, Unknown, 11 Jun 1952–21 Jun 1952
The Sydney Group (1952), Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 30 Jul 1952–18 Aug 1952
Second anniversary exhibition (1959), Clune Galleries, Sydney, 19 Aug 1959 -
Russell Drysdale: a retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Oct 1960–06 Nov 1960
Russell Drysdale: A retrospective exhibition; paintings 1937-1960 (Queensland Art Gallery), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 22 Apr 1961–28 May 1961
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63):
- National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 23 Sep 1962–24 Oct 1962
- Tate Britain, England 24 Jan 1963–03 Mar 1963
Russell Drysdale (Adelaide 1964), John Martin's Auditorium, 04 Mar 1964–21 Mar 1964
Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942-1962: Dreams, Fears and Desires (The 5th Biennale of Sydney), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 11 Apr 1984–17 Jun 1984
Russell Drysdale 1912-1981:
- National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne 19 Dec 1997–09 Mar 1998
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 27 Mar 1998–10 May 1998
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 18 May 1998–28 Jun 1998
- Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin 20 Jul 1998–30 Aug 1998
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 23 Sep 1998–15 Nov 1998
Referenced in 21 publications
Bibliography
Christine Dixon and Terry Smith, Aspects of Australian figurative painting 1942-1962: dreams, fears and desires, 'Discussion of the images', pg. 71-90, Sydney, 1984, 68 (illus.), 78, 94. plate no. 53
Geoffrey Dutton, Russell Drysdale, 'Russell Drysdale - the man and his work', pg. 7-84, London, 1964, 50, 149 (illus.), 189. plate no. 79
Edwards and Shaw (Printer), Russell Drysdale: retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1960, Sydney, 1960. cat.no. 75
Paul Haefliger, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Sydney group show is exciting', pg. 2, Sydney, 30 Jul 1952, 2.
Roslynn Haynes, Seeking the Centre, ''On the tracts of thirst and furnace': dead explorers and national identity', pg. 111-128, Cambridge, 1998, 112-13 (colour illus.).
Lou Klepac, The life and work of Russell Drysdale, Kensington, 1983, 302 (colour illus.), 368. plate no. 118
Sandra McGrath and John Olsen, The artist & the desert, Sydney, 1981, 56 (colour illus.).
Ross Mellick and Nick Waterlow, Spirit and place: Art in Australia 1861-1996, Sydney, Nov 1996, 91 (illus.).
Vincent Fairfax and Russell Drysdale, Russell Drysdale, a lecture: Impressions of a painter in Europe today, Sydney, Dec 1959, cover (illus.).
Hal Missingham (Director), Purchases and acquisitions for 1959, Sydney, 1959, 8, (illus.). cat.no. 10
Sarah Scott, Seize the day: exhibitions, Australia and the world, 'A colonial legacy: Australian painting at the Tate Gallery, London, 1963', pg. 19.1-19.22., Clayton, 2008, 19.9.
Geoffrey Smith, Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, Melbourne, 1997, 136, 137 (colour illus.). cat.no. 52
William Splatt and Susan Bruce, 100 masterpieces of Australian landscape painting, Melbourne, 1986, 186, 187 (colour illus.). plate no. 90
Wendy Symonds (Editor), Look, Heidelberg, 10 (illus.).
Daniel Thomas AM and Paul Haefliger, Russell Drysdale; a retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960, Sydney, 1960, 39 (illus.), 59. plate no. 23; cat.no. 75
Daniel Thomas, Hemisphere, 'Drysdale's art changed the Australian outlook', pg. 12-18, Sydney, Nov 1960, cover (illus.), 18 (illus.).
Clive Turnbull, Jean Campbell and Daniel Thomas AM, Australian painting: colonial, impressionist, contemporary, Adelaide, 1962, 42. cat.no. 102
Judith White, Look, 'Russell Drysdale speaks: his thoughts from 55 years ago', pg. 34-36, Sydney, Jul 2014, 35 (colour illus.).
The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, 'Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary', Adelaide, 1962. not paginated, cat.no. 120
Editor Unknown (Editor), The Times, Our Adelaide Correspondent, 'Australian art - Colonial to Contemporary', pg. 15, London, 28 Mar 1962, 15 (illus.).
Editor Unknown (Editor), Australian art masterpieces, South Yarra, 1984, (colour illus.). plate no. 105