‘Isaac Walter Jenner: A Feeling for Light’
Sep 2023 -
Jan 2024
![Oil paintings installed on a sage-green gallery wall, with two young visitors looking on.](/system/files/styles/wide/private/2023-09/QAG_IsaacWalterJenner_installationview_20230904_ccallistemon_003.jpg?itok=K0y1oGOk)
‘A Feeling for Light’ explored the evocative paintings of Isaac Walter Jenner (1836–1902), a self-taught marine and landscape painter. Following his arrival in Brisbane in 1883, Jenner spent the last two decades of his life as a major force in the city’s burgeoning cultural life, including as a founding member of the Queensland Art Society.
Alongside works on loan, ‘A Feeling for Light’ featured 27 works from QAGOMA’s Collection, including two paintings that underwent significant conservation treatment. Find out more in the special Collection Online feature.
‘Isaac Walter Jenner: A Feeling for Light’ was a free exhibition held in QAG’s Gallery 14 from 2 Sep 2023 to 28 Jan 2024.
Feature image: An installation view of ‘Isaac Walter Jenner: A Feeling for Light’, Gallery 14, QAG, September 2023 / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA
Collection artworks featured in ‘Isaac Walter Jenner: A Feeling for Light’
![Artwork (View of Brisbane) this artwork made of Oil on wood panel, created in 1885-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1986.036_002_4.jpg?itok=nFPJzsxV)
(View of Brisbane) 1885
- JENNER, Isaac Walter - Creator
![Artwork Sunset sea this artwork made of Pastel on paper, created in 1883-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1995.077_002.jpg?itok=rRvWtHlJ)
Sunset sea c.1888
- JENNER, Isaac Walter - Creator
![Artwork (Bush landscape) this artwork made of Oil on composition board, created in 1891-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0903J_002_0.jpg?itok=zBhGQzeJ)
(Bush landscape) 1891
- JENNER, Isaac Walter - Creator
![Artwork Landscape, sunrise this artwork made of Oil on composition board, created in 1893-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-1593_002_0.jpg?itok=UmW_KKBl)
Landscape, sunrise 1893
- JENNER, Isaac Walter - Creator
![Artwork Seascape this artwork made of Oil on cardboard, created in 1898-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0829_002_0.jpg?itok=klMOM4xC)
Seascape 1898
- JENNER, Isaac Walter - Creator
![Artwork River scene this artwork made of Oil on composition board, created in 1899-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0830_001_5.jpg?itok=hmqaOwY5)
River scene 1899
- JENNER, Isaac Walter - Creator
![Artwork Townsville this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1890-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-1356_002_0.jpg?itok=7d7hYbBA)
Townsville c.1900
- JENNER, Isaac Walter - Creator
![Artwork Tranquillity this artwork made of Oil on cardboard on composition board, created in 1896-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-1380_002_0.jpg?itok=GCPg7K5X)
Tranquillity c.1901
- JENNER, Isaac Walter - Creator