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(The lovers) c.1947

Artwork (The lovers) this artwork made of Gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper, created in 1945-01-01
Accession No.
2001.144
Date Created
c.1947
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
12.7 x 23cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
gouache
Medium
Gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper
Place Created
Brisbane
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard and Kathleen Shillam through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2001

In 1946, Laurence Hope met prominent patrons John and Sunday Reed at their Melbourne property ‘Heide’, together with the Boyd family, John Perceval, Sidney Nolan and Joy Hester. Hope was exposed to Nolan’s ‘Ned Kelly’ paintings, as well as Hester’s figurative works, and was deeply impressed by their direct, authentic approach.

The moody, introspective quality and rough brushwork of (The lovers) has close parallels to the work of Joy Hester, among others. The low-key, acidic colours are at odds with the suggestion of tenderness conveyed by the title, a recurring theme of Hope’s oeuvre.

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Kenneth Macqueen / Australia NSW 1897 - 1960 / Harvesting scene (detail) c.1956 / Watercolour over pencil on wove paper / Purchased 1956 / Collection: QAGOMA / © QAGOMA / A watercolour landscape depicting rolling fields in shades of green and yellow, with hills in the background shadowed by clouds.

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