| ISBN |
9780642334596 |
| Author |
Gray, Anne, 1947- (author) (curator) |
| Title |
Tom Roberts. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, [2015] |
| ©2015. |
| Description |
352 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 30 cm. |
| Note |
"Produced ... in association with the exhibition Tom Roberts, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 4 December 2015 - 28 March 2016" --Imprint page. |
| Curated by Anne Gray; essays by Anne Gray, Gerard Vaughan, Gael Newton, Daniel Thomas, Humphrey McQueen, Roger Butler, Deborah Hart, David Wise, Michael Varcoe-Cocks. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-344) and index. |
| Contents |
Tom Roberts : La vita con brio / Anne Gray -- Harmonic arrangements : Tom Roberts' painting / Anne Gray -- Earning a living : Roberts' patronage and the Australian art market Gerard Vaughan -- A photo-literate generation / Gael Newton -- Tom Roberts and Tasmania / Daniel Thomas -- Making faces, inscribing history / Humphrey McQueen -- Tom Roberts : printed images / Roger Butler -- In the footsteps of Tom Roberts : Fred Williams and Arthur Boyd / Deborah Hart -- Catalogue of works -- A technical examination of paintings by Tom Roberts / David Wise -- The making of an Australian masterpiece / Michael Varcoe-Cocks. |
| Summary |
This publication accompanies the exhibition Tom Roberts at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and discusses Tom Roberts's life and work and provides details on individual iconic works by Roberts from around Australia. The essays explore among other things Roberts relations with other artists, in particular McCubbin and Streeton who had very different places in his life and art. They also look at the seminal influence of Whistler, Manet and Velasquez on his work -- as well as artists such as Bastien Lepage and Courbet. They also look at his preference for pink tones in his early work and pastel blue and green in his later work. Importantly, this publication includes Roberts's highly popular national narratives such as Shearing the rams 1888-90, A break away! 1891, The golden fleece 1894 and Bailed up 1895. It includes eight of Roberts's panel portraits, 'Familiar faces and figures' from the late 1890s. And shows Roberts's mastery of the art of pastel portraiture with a group of his pastels from this period. |
| Local note |
Donated by Ruth Wilson, 2021. |
| Subjects |
Roberts, Tom, -- 1856-1931 |
| Painters |
| Painting, Australian -- 20th century |
| Painting, Australian -- 19th century |
| Painting, Australian |
| Art, Australian -- Exhibitions |
| Painting, Australian |
| Painting, Australian -- 19th century -- Exhibitions |
| Painters -- Australia -- Exhibitions |
| Painters -- Australia -- Biography |
| Art, Australian |
| Painting, Australian -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Australian |
| Painting, Australian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions |
| Painters -- Australia |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Wilson, Ruth (donor) (former owner) |
| Roberts, Tom, 1856-1931 (artist) |
| Butler, Roger, 1948- (author) |
| Hart, Deborah, 1959- (author) |
| McQueen, Humphrey, 1942- (author) |
| Newton, Gael (author) |
| Thomas, Daniel, 1931- (author) |
| Varcoe-Cocks, Michael (author) |
| Vaughan, Gerard, 1953- (author) |
| Wise, David, 1958- (author) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
National Gallery of Australia |
| Call number |
2021.097 |
