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Durham Cathedral, interior
(late 19th century)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 101.5 × 77.9 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in grey paint l.r.: D.Y. Cameron (n underlined)
- Accession Number
- 1226-3
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1922
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- 19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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David Cameron first exhibited paintings at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1886 and went on to have a highly successful career culminating in a knighthood in 1924. He excelled in tonal effects, much like Whistler, where he used strong contrasts of dark and light for dramatic effect. This interior of a cathedral, with its heavy stone walls, and large windows that allow light to dramatically fill the space, is typical of Cameron’s interiors.
- Subjects (general)
- Interiors
- Subjects (specific)
- cathedrals (works by context) chiaroscuro Durham (inhabited place) Durham Cathedral (cathedral) England (country) pews shadows United Kingdom (nation)
- Provenance
- Exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1921, no.31; from where purchased, on the advice of Frank Rinder, for the Felton Bequest, 1921; arrived Melbourne 1922.
