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Title
Mon ami 'Polite
1900
Details
Other Title
Père Polyte
Date
1900
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
54.6 x 65.4 cm stretcher; 52.5 x 63.5 cm sight edge; 72.5 x 83.5 x 6.0 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.l., oil "John Russell/ ... 1900".
Credit
Purchased 1966
Location
Not on display
Accession number
OA4.1966
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John Russell
Mon ami 'Polite
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Exhibition history
John Peter Russell 1858-1931: Australian Impressionist (1965), Wildenstein Gallery, London, Jul 1965–Aug 1965
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1966, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1967 -
Van Gogh in Auckland, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, 10 Aug 1975–15 Oct 1975
Les étés d'or: A homage to France, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 30 Jun 1989–30 Jul 1989
Belle-Île: Monet, Russell & Matisse in Brittany:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 24 Nov 2001–03 Feb 2002
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 14 Feb 2002–21 Apr 2002
The Edwardians: Secrets and Desire:
- National Gallery of Australia, Parkes 12 Mar 2004–13 Jun 2004
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 09 Jul 2004–12 Sep 2004
Impressions: painting light and life, National Portrait Gallery [Parliamentary Zone], Canberra, 25 Nov 2011–04 Mar 2012
Referenced in 9 publications
Bibliography
Sarah Engledow, Impressions: painting light & life, Catalogue essay, pg. 7-16, Canberra, 2011, 132 (caption), 133 (colour illus.). cat.no. 58
Anne Gray, The Edwardians: secrets and desires, 'The Edwardians', pg. 10-71, Canberra, 2004, 22 (colour illus.), 219 (colour illus.). cat.no. 115; also titled '(Père Polyte)'
Alan McCulloch, The golden age of Australian painting - Impressionism and the Heidelberg school, Melbourne, 1969, 169 (colour illus.).
Ursula Prunster, Belle-Île: Monet, Russell & Matisse in Brittany, 'Painting Belle-Île', pg.19-47, Sydney, 2001, 34-35, 92 (colour illus.). cat.no. 21
Sebastian Smee, Look, 'Belle-Île: island of great painters, unreal colours, brutal weather and modest, kind locals', pg. 20-23, Melbourne, Nov 2001, 22 (colour illus.).
Unknown (Editor), Sporting Doctor Magazine, Sydney, Sep 1996, 56. PS Worksheet 485
Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, Sydney, Jan 1966, 275 (illus.). Article by Daniel Thomas.
John Peter Russell 1858-1931: Australian impressionist, London, 1965. cat.no. 19
Christie's Australia: Australian and International Paintings, Sydney, Aug 2003, 120. lot no. 100; a related painting to the AGNSW's 'Mon ami 'Polite' is reproduced in colour on page 121, titled 'Belle-Île, Le Père Polyte (Polyte pêcheur)', oil on canvas, 65.4 x 81.5cm, not dated.