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The artist's wife c.1934-35

Accession No.
1:0198
Date Created
c.1934-35
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
95.2 x 90.1cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
oil
Medium
Oil on canvas
Credit Line
Gift of the Godfrey Rivers Trust 1935. Godfrey Rivers Prize (winning entry)
Melville Haysom met his wife, Yvonne, when they were art students in Melbourne: they married in 1925. This portrait of Yvonne was painted when the couple were living on Gregory Terrace, Brisbane - the details of the sky and land were based on sketches of Victoria Park, which was across the road.

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