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Painting, Elioth GRUNER, Summer shade, c. 1916
Born: Gisborne, New Zealand 1882; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1883; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1939Heidelberg SchoolGift of Mrs E.E. Ledger, 1975Rural farm landscape with wagon, animals and building. Gold patterned moulding with grey velvet insert frame.Recto: Signed "E. GRUNER" in black paint in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, rural, wagon, chicken, animals, wheel, fence, trees, farm, australian art -
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Painting, Rupert BUNNY, Near Towong, 1927
Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 1864; Lived and worked: England and France 1884-1933; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1947ModernismLedger Gift, 1977Open rural landscape with large bare hill, building, trees and fences under a grey sky. Gold brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed "RB" in square in black oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, landscape, hills, house, trees, clouds -
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Drawing, Conrad MARTENS, The farm, 1858
Born: London, Middlesex, England 1801; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1835; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1878ColonialGift of the family of the late Betty Olive Davies 1979Rural landscape with grass, dam, buildings, trees and clouds.Gold and grey brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed and dated "CM 1858" in grey pencil in l.l.c of composition; Not titleddrawing, landscape, water, building, colonial, trees, clouds -
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Watercolour, Penleigh BOYD, Edge of the forest, 1919
Born: Westbury, Wiltshire, England 1890; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1893; Died: Warragul, Victoria, Australia 1923InterwarGift of Wooleen Pty Ltd.,1980Misty forest landscape with large gum tree. Limed timber frame.Recto: Signed "Penleigh Boyd" in brown watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledwatercolour, tree, landscape -
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Painting, Rupert BUNNY, Landscape near Toulon, c. 1930
Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 1864; Died:1947; Worked in Europe 1893-1933 ImpressionismGift of Wooleen Pty Ltd.,1980Rural landscape with trees, rocky hills and clouds in sky. Timber frame.Recto: Signed "RB" in blue grey oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, landscape, hills, trees, mountains -
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Painting, Bernard HALL, Lamplight, Not dated
Born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England 1859; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1892; Died: London, Middlesex, England 1935TonalismGift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980Interior with seated figure wearing dinner suit with cigarette and lamp. Gold brushed timber frame.Signed "B. Hall" in dull cream oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titlepainting, interior, figure, lamp, man, glass -
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Painting, Percy LINDSAY, The harbour at Athol, Not dated
Born: Creswick, Victoria, Australia 1870; Died: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1952ImpressionismGift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980Bush and urban landscape with figures, trees and water. Gold brushed and painted timber frame.Recto: Signed "Percy Lindsay" in red oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, seascape, landscape, figures, trees, buildings, women, child -
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Watercolour, John RUSSELL, Switzerland, 1912
Born: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia 1858; Lived and worked: England, Spain, France, Italy, New Zealand 1881-1923; Died: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 1930ImpressionismGift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980Snow covered mountain landscape with buildings and trees. Thin gold brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed and dated "Russell / 12" in grey pencil in l.l.c of composition; Not titledwatercolour, landscape, buildings, mountains, snow -
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Painting, H. L. VAN DEN HOUTEN, Marysville Courthouse, Not dated
Born: The Hague, Netherlands 1801; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1853; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1879VictorianGift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980Rural colonial forested landscape with animals, figures trees and mountains. Gold brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed "H.L.V.d.Houten / [illegible]" in brown oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, landscape, trees, figures, animals, buildings, mountains, colonial, horse, dog -
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Painting, Eric WILSON, Old Wantabadgery, Not dated
Born: Annandale, New South Wales, Australia 1911; Lived and worked: England and France 1937-1940; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1946InterwarGift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980Rural landscape with trees, grass, road and hills. Antique cream painted timber frame.Recto: Signed "Eric Wilson" in red oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled painting, landscape, tree, hills, road, sheep, animals -
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Painting, Penleigh BOYD, Gum trees, Not dated
Born: Westbury, Wiltshire, England 1890; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1893; Died: Warragul, Victoria, Australia 1923ImpressionismLedger Gift, 1981Rural landscape with large trees and small figure with gold brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed "Penleigh Boyd." in red oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, landscape, trees, figure -
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Watercolour, Arthur STREETON, The Imperial Institute, Kensington, London, c. 1900
Born: Mount Duneed, Victoria, Australia 1867; Lived and workd: England 1897-1919; Died: Olinda, Victoria, Australia 1943EdwardianGift of Mrs E.E. Ledger, 1982Sunny urban landscape with impressive building with large towers facing a street with figures and trees.Thin gold brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed "Arthur Streeton." in brown watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledwatercolour, building, sky, figures, trees, tower -
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Watercolour, Neville CAYLEY, Congress of the birds, 1910
Born: Yamba, New South Wales, Australia 1886; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1950NationalismLedger Gift, 1985Clearing in a rural landscape with many different types of birds. There are palm trees and treed hills in the background. Stained timber frame.recto: Signed and dated "Neville.W.Cayley -10-" in black watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Not titledwatercolour, landscape, birds, magpie, cockatoo, kookaburra, blue wren, rosella, field, tree -
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Painting, W. B. MCINNES, Volendam fisher folk, Not dated
Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 1889; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1939ImpressionismLedger Gift, 1985Expressive brushstrokes in muted colours of two figures fishing in foreground with buildings, tower and trees in background. Timber frame.Recto: Signed "McINNES" in dark brown oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpaintings, rural, buildings, figures, clouds -
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Watercolour, William Blamire YOUNG, Japanese willow, Not dated
Born: Londesborough, Yorkshire, England 1862; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales Australia 1885; Lived and worked: England 1893-1896; Died: Montrose, Victoria, Australia 1935VictorianLedger Gift, 1985Rural landscape with large weeping tree, fence, rolling hills, line of trees and sky. Grey rubbed from gold gesso timber frameRecto: Signed "BLAMIRE YOUNG-" in white watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledwatercolour, landscape, trees, fence -
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Watercolour, Nicholas CHEVALIER, Swiss scene, 1886
Born: St Petersurg, Russia 1828; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1854; Lived and worked: Switzerland 1845-1848, Germany 1851-1854, Australia 1854-1865, New Zealand 1865-1866, England 1870-1902; Died: London, Middlesex, England 1902RomanticismGift of Mrs E.E. Ledger, 1985View from rustic house with two figures overlooking lake surrounded by mountains and trees. Grey brushed stained timber.Recto: Signed and dated "N.Chevalier. / 1886" in brown watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not titledwatercolour, landscape, waterscape, building, trees, mountains, water, cabin, sunset -
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Watercolour, Ellis ROWAN, Springtime in the Dandenongs, Not dated
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1848; Lived and worked: New Zealand 1866-1877, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States 1892-1905; Papua New Guinea 1916 and 1918; Died: Macedon, Victoria, Australia 1922NationalismLedger Gift, 1987Dense bush landscape with pink flowers, yellow trees and tall gum trees. Gold brushed timber frame. Recto: Signed "Ellis Rowan" in brown watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledwatercolour, landscape, trees, shrubs, flowers, autumn -
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Watercolour, B. E. MINNS, Bathers at the beach, 1935
Born: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia 1864; Lived and worked: England and France 1895-1915; Died: Taronga Park, New South Wales, Australia 1937InterwarLedger Gift, 1987Figures relaxing under trees overlooking beach with buildings and hills in the distance. Thin gold brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed and dated "B.E.MINNS / 1935" in brown watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not titled watercolour, seascape, trees, figures, beach, buildings -
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Painting, Frederick MCCUBBIN, The artist's home, South Yarra, Not dated
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1855; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1917Heidelberg SchoolLedger Gift, 1987House on top of hill in rural landscape with sloping hill to a pond and trees and grasses in foreground. Copper brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed "F. McCubbin" in brown oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, waterscape, hills, house, landscape, water, impressionist -
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Watercolour, Ellis ROWAN, Butterflies and flowers, Not dated
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1848; Lived and worked: New Zealand 1866-1877, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States 1892-1905; Papua New Guinea 1916 and 1918; Died: Macedon, Victoria, Australia 1922VictorianLedger Bequest, 1993Watercolour and gouache on paper depicting pink flowers and yellow butterflies in a sparse field. Gold brushed timber frame with off white window mountRecto: Signed "Ellis Rowan" in red watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledwatercolour, landscape, flowers, sky, clouds, trees, butterflies -
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Paintiing, Tom ROBERTS, Kalorama in the Dandenongs, 1924
Born: Dorchester, Dorset, England 1856; Arrived Melbourne 1869; Died: Kallista, Victoria, Australia 1931Heidelberg SchoolLedger Gift, 1978Rural landscape with dirt road. Copper coloured timber frame.Recto: Signed "Tom Roberts. 24." in white paint l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledlandscape, trees, bush, road, hill, forest; australian art -
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Painting, E. Phillips FOX, From Charterisville, c. 1900
Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 1865; Died: 1915ImpressionismLedger Gift, 1993Rural landscape with fence and buildings in the distance. Gold gesso on decorative wood moulding frame.Recto: Signed "E. Phillips Fox" in black paint l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledlandscape, buildings, rural, hills, fence, australian art -
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Painting, E. Phillips FOX, Evening (Charterisville hillside, Ivanhoe), c. 1894
Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 1865; Died: 1915ImpressionismGift of Dr Robert W. Henderson 2004Rural night landscape with road, buildings and moon. Gold painted wooden frame.Recto: Signed "E Phillips Fox" in brown paint l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledlandscape, evening, moon rising, rural, road, australian art -
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Painting, Penleigh BOYD, Portsea, 1921
Born: Westbury, Wiltshire, England 1890; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1893; Died: Warragul, Victoria, Australia 1923InterwarGift of Mrs E.E. Ledger, 1975Beachscape with rocks, trees, water, piers, buildings, sky and sailing boat. Gold wood moulding with fabric and gold insert frame.Recto: Signed and dated "Penleigh Boyd / 21" inscribed in paint l.l.c of composition; Not titledpainting, beachscape, boats, building, trees, rocks, marine, australian art -
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Painting, W. C. PIGUENIT, Mt Wellington at sunrise: a view from Risdon Cove towards Glenorchy, c. 1870
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 1836; Died: Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia 1914RomanticismLedger Gift, 1976Rural landscape with cows, track, lake and large mountains and clouds. Golden gesso painted timber frame.Recto: Signed "W. C. Piguenit" in black oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, landscape, water, animals, cows, boats, trees, mountains, clouds, sky, colonial, reflections -
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Watercolour, Louis BUVELOT, Bush hut, 1868
Born: Morges, Vaud, Switzerland 1814; Lived and worked: Brazil 1835-1852; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1865; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888VictorianLedger Gift, 1979Rural landscape with rustic hut, pile of wood, figures, trees, hill and sky. Unframed.Recto: Signed and dated "L. Buvelot 1868" in brown watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Not titledwatercolour, landscape, house, figures, hills, trees, rural -
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Painting, Ethel CARRICK (FOX), In the Botanic Gardens, 1913
Born: Uxbridge, Middlesex, England 1872; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c.1914; Lived and worked: France 1905-1913, Australia: 1908 and 1913, Europe, Middle East and Asia 1916- c.1936; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1952ImpressionismLedger Gift, 1980Garden setting with flowers, trees and small figures running down a path. Bronze brushed carved timber frame.Recto: Signed "CARRICK FOX" in deep navy oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, garden, figures, flowers, children, trees, path -
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Painting, W. LISTER LISTER, Flowering gums, Not dated
Born: Manly, New South Wales, Australia 1859; Lived and worked: England 1884-1888; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1943ImpressionismGift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980Treed path leading up to top of hill and building. Bronze brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed "W LISTER LISTER" in brown oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, trees, building, landscape, path -
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Painting, W. B. MCINNES, Moonrise, 1910
Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 1889; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1939ImpressionismGift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980Evening rural landscape with buildings, trees and moon. Gold brushed timber frame.Recto: Signed and dated 'W.B. / McINNES 10' in brown oil in l.l.c of composition; Not titled painting, landscape, tree, sky, house, farm, moon -
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Painting, UNKNOWN, Untitled, 1885
Born: Dorchester, Dorset, England 1856; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1869; Lived and worked: Spain, England, France 1883-1885; Died: Kallista, Victoria, Australia 1931ImpressionismGift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980Seaside Landscape with small figures playing and trees, water, grass, flowers and buildings in the distance. Unframed.Recto: Signed and dated "Tom Roberts / 1888" in mauve oil in l.r.c of composition; Not titledpainting, landscape, trees, figures, buildings, colonial, children, flowers