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Island schooner, Moreton Bay 1910

Artwork Island schooner, Moreton Bay this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper on cardboard, created in 1910-01-01
Accession No.
1:1064
Date Created
1910
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
54.5 x 74cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
watercolour
Medium
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper on cardboard
Credit Line
Purchased 1967

JJ Hilder’s watercolours beautifully distil their subjects to an atmospheric, dreamlike vision. Using roughly textured paper, he allowed the colour to collect in its grain, casting shadows and creating lyrical effects. The consummate watercolourist, Hilder used the medium for the pure enjoyment of its properties. This schooner was probably a local trading and passenger vessel, which sailed the eastern seaboard.

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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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