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Rupert Bunny
(c. 1887)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 65.1 × 81.3 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Paris, France
- Inscription
- inscribed in red paint l.l.: A.Cary - Elwes
- Accession Number
- 1074-5
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr C. C. Chisholm Esq., 1962
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- Not on display
- About this work
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Enigmatic expatriate artist Rupert Bunny (1864–1947) lived most of his life in cosmopolitan Paris. A delicate colourist later acclaimed for his narrative studies, landscapes and grand depictions of female leisure, Bunny was described by friends and acquaintances as personable, debonair and socially gregarious. He was also an accomplished piano player. This portrait, executed by his close friend Alastair Cary-Elwes, offers a rare glimpse of Bunny about a year after his arrival in Paris. In the carefully rendered details of his dress, manner and posture, this work valuably contributes to what we might know about Bunny.
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Musical
- Subjects (specific)
- artists (visual artists) artists' portraits Bunny, Rupert men (male humans) pianos seated figures suits (main garments)
- Provenance
- By descent from the artist into the collection of Mr Cuthbert C. Chisholm Esq, by 1962; by whom donated the NGV, 1962.
Colourmen
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- Colourman
- PAUL FOINET
- Location of stamp
- Left half reverse of canvas
- Transcript
- 54 RUE N.D. DES CHAMPS PARIS/PAUL FOINET/(VAN EYCK)/TOILES & COULEURS FINES
- Medium
- Ink stencil
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