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C1886
Cootamundra
Artist:
William Macleod, (1850 - 1929)
Cootamundra was first settled in the 1830’s. The town was built on what was originally a stock station called “Cootamondra” owned by pioneer, John Hurley. Today Cootamundra remains renowned for producing quality beef, lamb, and wool and is one of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Cootamundra
Date:
C1886
Artist:
William Macleod, (1850 - 1929)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
120mm
x 185mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Cootamundra was first settled in the 1830’s. The town was built on what was originally a stock station called “Cootamondra” owned by pioneer, John Hurley. Today Cootamundra remains renowned for producing quality beef, lamb, and wool and is one of the state’s highest yielding wheat and canola regions. Cootamundra is centrally located, approximately half way between Sydney and Melbourne.
Biography:
William Macleod (1850-1929)
Colonial artist born 1850 in London arrived in Australia with his family who emigrated to join the gold rush in Victoria. After the death of her husband in 1855 Julia settled in Sydney, where she married the portrait painter James Anderson.
Macleod trained with the Sydney artist Edmund Thomas at the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts and was known first, as William Macleod Anderson or James Anderson. He travelled widely and won a reputation as a painter of portraits and cattle, a designer of stained-glass windows, and as illustrator with journals such as the Sydney Mail, the Australian Town and Country Journal and Queensland Punch.
Macleod joined the Bulletin full time in 1886 in response to a plea from Archibald following the departure of W.H.Traill. They became joint owners in 1887, Macleod was the Bulletin‘s managing director for the next forty years.
Macleod worked in a variety of art forms from stained glass to black-and-white drawing, oils, watercolour, engraving, lithography, clay modelling and sculpture. His strength was as an illustrator. In later life Macleod lived at Dunvegan, Mosman, where he painted, played bowls with zeal, and was a genial and kindly host.
His works are represented in a number of institutional collections such as, in the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Australia.
