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Ghost Gully evening 1894

Artwork Ghost Gully evening this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1894-01-01
Accession No.
1:0024
Date Created
1894
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
81.3 x 127.3cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
oil
Medium
Oil on canvas
Place Created
Stanthorpe, Qld?
Credit Line
Gift of the artist 1897
Henry Rielly established his reputation in Victoria where he was a founding member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870. He came to Queensland about 1885 and settled at Stanthorpe - both his sisters married men connected with the tin mining industry. He exhibited Ghost Gully evening at the Queensland Art Society, Brisbane the year it was executed. The title 'Ghost Gully' suggests a melancholy event, which is reinforced by the dead trees behind the camp site and the twilight setting. Ghost Gully was a small watercourse adjoining Whiskey Gully (so named because it was the site of an old hotel) about three and a half kilometres south of Stanthorpe.

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