Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911; French/English) Jules Dalou 1877 Etching, c.22.5 x 15.2 cm (plate) Purchased, 1900 (advice of Bernard Hall) Present location unknown [photo: work as reproduced in NGV 1905] Charles Baudelaire, hailing the French revival of etching in 1862, singled out Manet and Legros, praising the latter’s prints for what he called their primitive, archaic air.
Works included in this catalogue Klinger Vom Tode I [Plates 1-10] 1889 {1891} NGV [ET] Klinger Dead Mother (Vom Tode II, plate 10) 1889 {1891} NGV [ET] Klinger To the Beautiful in Nature (Vom Tode II, plate 12) 1889 {1891} NGV [ET] Klinger’s Vom Tode I series, and two prints from Klinger’s second series on death, purchased
Klinger, Max (1857-1920; German) To the Beautiful in Nature (An die Schönheit) [Vom Tode II, plate 12] 1890 Engraving and etching, 37.5 × 27.8 cm (image), 41.4 × 32.1 cm (plate), 61.6 × 45.6 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1891 (advice of Hubert von Herkomer) National Gallery of Victoria (p.188.1-1) Here, Death is equated with mystical union with the
Klinger, Max (1857-1920; German) Dead Mother (Tote Mutter) [Vom Tode II, plate 10] 1889 Engraving and etching printed on chine applique, 38.4 × 29.6 cm (image), 45.4 × 34.7 cm (plate), 61.0 × 45.7 cm (sheet) Purchased, 1891 (advice of Hubert von Herkomer) National Gallery of Victoria (p.188.2-1) This moody print is one of two acquired for
Klinger, Max (1857-1920; German) Vom Tode I (“On Death I”) [Plates 1-10] 1889 Etching and aquatint, various sizes Purchased, 1891 (advice of Hubert von Herkomer) National Gallery of Victoria (p.187.5-1 to 14-1) [photo: Nacht (p.187.5-1)] The complete first series of Klinger’s etched variations on the Dance of Death opens with an image of the pervading mood of melancholy
Holroyd, Charles (1861-1917; English) The Man with the Sack (1903) Etching and drypoint, 35.4 x 22.7 cm (image and plate), 45.2 x 28.6 cm (sheet) Gift of the artist, 1903 National Gallery of Victoria (128-2) This Rembrandt-esque image, signed in pencil at lower right, was produced and donated to Melbourne in the year the artist was knighted
Works included in this catalogue (both donated by the artist) Holroyd The Grand Canal 1902 {1903} NGV [ET] Holroyd The Man with the Sack {1903} NGV [ET] After studying and working with Legros (see Legros Portrait of Jules Dalou 1877 {1900} Loc? [ET]), Holroyd became a well-regarded etcher in his own right. He became the first
Holroyd, Charles (1861-1917; English) The Grand Canal with the Salute (Venice) 1902 Etching, size unknown Gift of the artist 1903 National Gallery of Victoria (129-2) Relatively conventional views like this were apparently more amenable to Melbourne taste around the turn of the century than Whistler’s experimental 1880s etchings of Venice, only acquired for the NGV many