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Rifle cleaning on board ship c.1944-45

Artwork Rifle cleaning on board ship this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove, handmade paper, created in 1944-01-01
Accession No.
1:1713
Date Created
c.1944-45
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
26.3 x 19.4cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
watercolour
Medium
Watercolour over pencil on wove, handmade paper
Credit Line
Gift of James and Anthea Wieneke 1980

In 1946, James Wieneke published 6th Div. Sketches: Aitape to Wewak, a collection of sketches, drawings and notes from his 1944–45 campaign in New Guinea with the Royal Australian Engineers of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). The book was received favourably, with the critic from the Melbourne Age newspaper describing it as:

. . . an admirable volume telling . . . something of the soldier’s life in New Guinea . . . [Wieneke] has portrayed that cheerful, adventurous and somewhat careless person with dignity and competence . . . Every drawing is crisp and full of substance . . . Based on part of the life of one of Australia’s most representative Divisions, the book breathes the spirit of the AIF at its best.

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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.

‘Watercolour in Queensland’

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