25 May – 28 October 2018 | NGV International | FREE In 1854, Japan opened its borders to international trade following a long period of self-imposed isolatio
Walter Sickert exercised a significant influence upon British art in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Walter Sickert exercised a significant influence upon British art in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Walter Sickert exercised a significant influence upon British art in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Walter Sickert exercised a significant influence upon British art in the early decades of the twentieth century.
The former framing of At Elizabeth Bay, (1376-4), 1894 amounted to a reduced ‘Whistlerian’ moulding with a linen covered slip, the standard framing used from around 1939 onward for the…
The earliest images we have of the framing of Streeton Near Heidelberg, 1890, acquired in 1943, shows a composition frame in the style of Louis XIV carrying a John Thallon…
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.
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.
Tissot here portrays two fashionably dressed young women ignoring a soldier who is engrossed in his own telling of a tale.
Tissot here portrays two fashionably dressed young women ignoring a soldier who is engrossed in his own telling of a tale.
Frank Brangwyn was a prolific artist, with a craftsmanlike attitude to his work. He regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy, London from 1885 onwards.
Frank Brangwyn was a prolific artist, with a craftsmanlike attitude to his work. He regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy, London from 1885 onwards.
The frame on Seascape is in the manner of the Whistlerian frames used to modernise the presentation of the Australian painting collection from around 1937.
The reframing of Madeline Green Glasgow (c.1930) came about by the discovery of a second painting, of a horse, stretched under the image.
Commissioned by Captain Henry Hill (1818–82)[1], Brighton, 1875 (accepted unfinished after Royal Academy exhibition)[2]; his collection, Brighton, until 1882; Estate of Henry Hill, 1882–89; Henry Hill estate sale, Christie’s, London,…
Commissioned by Captain Henry Hill (1818–82)[1], Brighton, 1875 (accepted unfinished after Royal Academy exhibition)[2]; his collection, Brighton, until 1882; Estate of Henry Hill, 1882–89; Henry Hill estate sale, Christie’s, London,…
Ary Scheffer, The Temptation of Christ, (1854) acquired 1886, had been reframed at some time in a wooden profile frame of Whistlerian form, painted white and distressed to expose areas…
A supply of Californian redwood timber (Sequoia sempervirens) was found in 2006/7 in the form of a plank from the base of a wardrobe in a timber yard in Warnambool….
The frame on Night (no.2) appears to be French, most likely from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, recycled to the painting.
Conder’s Rickett’s Point, 1890, purchased 1951, had been reframed some time after purch