Works included in this catalogue Meldrum Study from the Nude {1902} Loc? [PA] Meldrum after Tintoretto Portrait of a Gentleman {1903} Loc? [PA] Meldrum arrived in Australia with his family as a teenager, and enrolled in the National Gallery School in 1892, winning the NGV Travelling Scholarship in 1899. He worked in Paris and Edinburgh,
Melbye, Vilhelm (1824-82; Danish) [also called William Melby] Start Point, off the Coast of Devonshire 1870 Oil on canvas, 91.7 x 153.4 cm Purchased, 1871 National Gallery of Victoria (p.303.2-1) The gallery’s 1871 annual report gives the title as “The Storm – Start Point Light”; and NGV 1894 notes that Start Point is “the spot last
McCubbin, Frederick (1855-1917; Australian) A Winter Evening 1897 Oil on canvas, 120.8 x 151.2 cm Purchased, 1900 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (61-2) NGV 1905 notes that this work, the earliest of McCubbin’s paintings to be acquired for the NGV, was “selected by the Director in 1900.” The entries in the NGV’s 1900 annual
Mather, John (1848-1916; Scottish/Australian) Autumn in the Fitzroy Gardens 1894 Oil on canvas, 61.0 x 91.3 cm Purchased, 1895 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (p.402.6-1) This canvas, the first of several works bought for the Melbourne collection from Victorian Artists’ Society exhibitions in 1894-5, on Hall’s advice (see e.g. Humphrey Under a Summer
Maignan, Albert (1845-1908; French) The Last Moments of Chlodobert (1880) Oil on canvas, 100.6 x 135.3 cm Presented by Messrs Wallis & Sons, 1885 National Gallery of Victoria (p.311.5-1) This painting, shown at the 1880 Paris Salon, and reproduced in a contemporary wood engraving, is typical of Maignan’s historical subjects. NGV 1894 and 1905 quote from
Ludwig, Carl (1839-1901; German) Chestnut Grove, Valley of the Tessin, Italy (c.1875) Oil on canvas, 100.7 x 154.6 cm Purchased, 1889 National Gallery of Victoria (p.316.6-1) This unassuming landscape was shown at the Centennial International Exhibition held in Melbourne in 1888. The painter, who studied in Munich and taught in Stuttgart and Berlin, apparently specialized in
Loureiro, Artur Jose (1853-1932; Portuguese/ Australian) The Vision of St Stanislaus 1899 Oil on canvas, 304.6 x 195.8 cm Purchased, 1901 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (99-2) This large-scale religious composition, shown at the Paris Salon in 1901, was acquired for the substantial sum of £350. The subject, as explained in NGV 1905, is St
Loureiro, Artur Jose (1853-1932; Portuguese/Australian) “Baron” 1895 Oil on canvas, c. 124.5 x 76.2 cm Purchased 1895 Unidentified; present location unknown The NGV’s 1895 annual report describes this work as a “portrait of a St Bernard dog.” The painting, which dates from the artist’s Australian years (1884-1901), was still catalogued as in the NGV in
Works included in this catalogue * Loureiro “Baron” 1895 {1895} Loc? [PA] Loureiro Vision of St Stanislaus 1899 {1901) NGV [PA] After studying and painting in Lisbon and Paris, where he associated with Bastien-Lepage and others, Loureiro came to Australia, for his health, in 1884. He brought with him at least one of his French canvases painted