‘Plenty’
COLLECTION FOCUS
Jun 2023 - Jan 2024

Over the centuries, artists have used their skills to pause the flow of time in detailed paintings of flowers and fruit, and studies of 'mother and child'. The resulting celebrations of abundance and nurture testify to our deep reliance on the natural world, and each other, to sustain our own lives.

Displayed across adjacent galleries within the International Art Collection, ‘Plenty’ not only draws on the beauty of such images but also looks beyond this to examine how these two groups of paintings might contribute to a truth-telling about the impact of European settlement on First Nations peoples in Australia.

‘Plenty’ was on display within in Galleries 7 and 9, Philip Bacon Galleries, QAG, until 28 January 2024. This resource includes artworks displayed in rotations one and two.

Cultural sensitivity warning
QAGOMA would like to respectfully advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers that this resource contains images and references to the deceased, references to massacres and mentions of derogatory language.

Feature image: Harriet Jane Neville-Rolfe / England/Australia QLD 1850–1928 / Sedgeford outstation on the Alpha run 1884 / Watercolour over pencil on wove paper / Gift of the artist's son in her memory 1964 / Collection: QAGOMA

Collection artworks featured in ‘Plenty’

Artwork An archery match this artwork made of Oil on oak panel, created in 1850-01-01

An archery match mid-late 19th century

TENIERS the Younger, after David - Creator

Artwork Madonna and Child encircled by roses this artwork made of Oil on oak panel, created in 1650-01-01

Madonna and Child encircled by roses c.1650s

KESSEL the Elder, Jan van - Collaborating artist (flowers)
VOS, Circle of Simon de - Collaborating artist (Madonna and Child)

Artwork Madonna and Child encircled by flowers and fruit this artwork made of Oil on oak panel, created in 1610-01-01

Madonna and Child encircled by flowers and fruit c.1615

DANIELSZ, attrib. to Andries - Collaborating artist (flowers and fruit)
STUDIO OF FRANS FRANCKEN THE YOUNGER - Collaborating artist (Madonna and Child)

Artwork Still life (fruit and oyster) this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1650-01-01

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‘Plenty’ COLLECTION FOCUS Jun 2023 - Jan 2024

Collection artworks featured in ‘Plenty’

An archery match mid-late 19th century

Madonna and Child encircled by roses c.1650s

Madonna and Child encircled by flowers and fruit c.1615

Still life (fruit and oyster) c.1650s

Still life c.1650s

Still life c.1650

Holy Family with the infant Baptist c.1617-37

The haven of refuge c.1635

Christ calling the disciple Peter 1641

Doux pays (Pleasant land) c.1880-82

Castlevale 1884

Aboriginal girl (unfinished) c.1884

Breakfast, Alpha 1884

Alpha Creek at Rainmore, the eve of our first night's camping in the bush 1884

Sedgeford outstation on the Alpha run 1884

The compound, Alpha, from Kunie's bedroom verandah 1884

Carriers waiting for beef 1883

Young colts let loose, some hobbled, after their first day's training 1884

Houses of Parliament, Brisbane 1885

A gin on Alpha run (unfinished) c.1883

Tina Loot c.1883

Gins from the verandah of the quarters, Alpha 1884

The Castle Rocks 1884

Opening of the steam engine for sawing wood for the new kitchen, Alpha 1884

Castle Rocks c.1884

Our camp, Rainmore 1884

Dam at the water hole 1884

Sinking a well at Alpha in the dried up creek 1884

A bit of the lagoon near the house, Lanark 1884

Pheasant and lantern 1883

Queensland pheasant and turkey in the compound 1884

Frankfield, Lanark 1884

Mt Rolfe, Lanark 1884

The colt roped 1884

Huntly c.1884

Kilcummin 1884

Head Station, Alpha 1884

Mailman riding away from Frankfield c.1884

The 13 mile hut and camp 1884

Clive and Mrs Mackintosh 1884

Lanark Outstation 1884

Grasshopper and shield bug c.1883-85

Two parrots (unfinished) c.1883-84

Shingle-back lizard and native fuschia 1884

Crimson winged parrot, cockbird 1884

Bee eaters, Alpha 1884

Kind of orchid, a great many varieties 1884

Native rose, King George's Sound, last sight of Australia 1885

Native hornet, native apple tree and native limes 1883

Trisanotus clianthus, Alpha 1883

Variegated mantis 1883

Gum tree in flower 1884

Native pomegranate and wild jasmin 1883

Resistance 2015

Diamond series II 2015

Diamond series III 2015

Frankfield c.1884

Luke and iguana 1883

Starting out kangaroo hunting 1884

Bringing in logs for the new kitchen 1884

Chinaman's garden, Frankfield 1884

Early morning, the stockyard contractor's camp, Alpha 1884

Gold diggings near Clermont 1884

Mistake Creek 1884

Ginger lillies 1884

The twelve mile coach stage, Alpha run 1884

Wolfang 1884

Brumby Jack's camp, Rainmore 1884

Native cherry bushes, Lanark 1884

Wild flowers and grasshoppers 1884

(Thunbergia) 1884

The gem lizard, life size 1884

(Gecko) c.1884

Wolfang 1884

Pale yellow climber c.1884

Castle Vale 1885

Alpha stockyard, the Coacher, the Colt and Carl 1884

‘Plenty’
COLLECTION FOCUS
Jun 2023 - Jan 2024