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Saltwater lagoon 1911

Artwork Saltwater lagoon this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1911-01-01
Accession No.
2013.217
Date Created
1911
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
28 x 48.5cm (sight); 51.5 x 71.5cm (framed)
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
watercolour
Medium
Watercolour on paper
Credit Line
Gift of Doug Ritchie through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2013

LWK Wirth was well known for his water views of Brisbane and its environs. He made frequent weekend sketching trips into the countryside near Brisbane, sometimes with family members or fellow artists, and worked principally in watercolour, an easily transportable medium for these expeditions. Buderim, Coolum, the Maroochy River, Sandgate, Cribb Island (now part of the Brisbane Airport site), Mt Tamborine, Southport and Coolangatta are the subjects of many of Wirth’s paintings.

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Exhibitions featuring this object

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.

‘Watercolour in Queensland’

Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

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