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Frame detail for Tom ROBERTS Miss Isobel McDonald 2918
Tom Roberts’ Miss Isobel McDonald (1895) was previously framed in a simple, bevelled moulding with a painted, antiqued surface (see image above
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Frame detail for James QUINN Lady in Black 2849
The painting was painted in London and it seems likely the frame, being 19th century in origin and style, was recycled for use with the portrait.
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Frame detail for G. F. WATTS Love and death 4459
This is a fine example of the frame that carries the artist’s name, on one of his own paintings.1 The other painting in the collection by Watts, Alfred Tennyson, (p.3
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Haris Purnomo Orang Hilang 2013
Orang Hilang presents a portrait of an ageing man, his face adorned with adhesive bandages bearing the names of missing Indonesian pro-democracy political activists.
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Medieval Moderns: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The radical aesthetic of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood will be celebrated in a rich exhibition at NGV International from 11 April, Medieval Moderns: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, in the first comprehensive display…
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A Golden Age of China: Qianlong Emperor, 1736–1795
Hidden treasures from Beijing’s Palace Museum in the Forbidden City have come to Melbourne for the first time, in an Australian exclusive exhibitio
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StArt Up: Top Arts 2015
From a self-portrait constructed with Rubik’s cubes to a film-projecting bicycle, thought-provoking works by forty-two of Victoria’s top VCE Art and Studio Arts students will be on show at the…
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Bill Henson Untitled 1990-91 from the Paris Opera Project series 1990-91
In 1990 Henson was commissioned by the Paris Opera House to produce a series of photographs inspired by either the music or environment of the opera.
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Follow the Flag: Australian Artists at War 1914 – 45
Over 150 works of art, created by Australian artists in response to the First and Second World Wars have been brought together to mark the centenary of Gallipoli in the…
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Frame detail for John LONGSTAFFAustralian 1862–1941, worked throughout Europe 1890–95, 1901–20Mrs. John H. Connell 1900oil on canvas188.6 x 107.4 cmGift of John H. Connell, 1914 (655-2)
Almost identical to the frame on Stuart Murray (unaccessioned item, id. no. 60969) the frame is in the form of Italian cassetta frames, but uses surfaces from other sources.
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Frame detail for J. C. WAITEEnglish 1832–1921, worked in Australia 1886–1921Alfred Felton 1905oil on canvas(130.0 x 100.0 cm)Felton Bequest, 1905 (245-2)
The frame is interesting on a number of levels. The walking stick presumably belonged to the sitter and is here attached as an artefact of remembrance.
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Frame detail for E. Phillips FOXAustralian 1865–1915, worked in France 1901–13Henry Gyles Turner, F. R. G. S. 1914oil on canvas127.4 x 97.0 cmPresented by subscribers, 1914 (654-2)
This refined frame is a variant of the classical revival form.
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Frame detail for Mather BROWN (attributed to)American 1761–1831, emigrated to England 1781George Townsend, 1st Marquess Townsend (early 19th century)oil on wood panel17.7 x 15.0 cmGift of Mrs E. Swinburne, 1941 (1109-4)
This small-scale oil painting is close to the format of a miniature; the frame is nevertheless a form we might associate with larger-scale paintings.
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Frame detail for Bernard HALLEnglish 1859–1935, worked in Australia 1892–1934The studio shrine (c. 1910)oil on canvas(60.0 x 45.8 cm)Felton Bequest, 1935 (247-4)
One of the frames made for Bernard Hall by the Thallon company in its later years, under the direction of Ted Burman and using the Thallon label.
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Frame detail for Tom ROBERTSEnglish 1856–1931, immigrated to Australia 1869Coming South 1886oil on canvas63.5 x 52.2 cmGift of Colonel Aubrey H. L. Gibson in memory of John and Anne Gibson, settlers (1887), 1967 (1738-5)
The frame is representative of a popular cassetta style used extensively by Thallon in the years following the middle 1880s.