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C1867
Weatherboard Fall N.S.W [Wentworth Falls]
Artist:
Rare and important lithograph of Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, by one of the most famous and important Australian colonial artists. Originally named The Weatherboard after the ‘Weatherboard Inn’ built in 1814, a year later the town was renamed Jamison’s Valley. In … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Weatherboard Fall N.S.W [Wentworth Falls]
Date:
C1867
Artist:
Engraver:
Hamel & Ferguson
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour
Image Size:
490mm
x 295mm
Paper Size:
589mm
x 455mm
AUTHENTICITY
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Genuine antique
dated:
1867
Description:
Rare and important lithograph of Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, by one of the most famous and important Australian colonial artists.
Originally named The Weatherboard after the ‘Weatherboard Inn’ built in 1814, a year later the town was renamed Jamison’s Valley. In July 1867, the first railway journey to the Blue Mountains left Penrith and travelled through to Weatherboard Station, where the train terminated. In 1879, the village took its name from the nearby waterfalls, which had been named for William Charles Wentworth, one of the men that headed the exploration to cross the mountains in 1813 and a friend of John Jamison.
Collections:
National Gallery of Australia: LEGACY ID 84836
National Gallery of Victoria: Accession Number 2972G-4
National Library of Australia: Bib ID2105706
State Library of Victoria: Accession no: H25834
Eugene von Guerard (1811 - 1901)
Guerard was a born in Vienna and he exhibited an artistic talent from an early age. He toured Italy with his father studying the art of the old masters. In 1838 he studied landscape painting at the Dusseldorf Academy where he engrossed himself in the German Romantic Landscape tradition, exemplified by the art of Caspar David Friedrich. As a result, von Guerard’s paintings, sketches and lithographs of Australia are not simply topographical but rather aim to create awe-inspiring imagery in the pursuit of the sublime and picturesque. By the 1860’s von Guerard was recognised as the foremost landscape artist in the Australian colonies. His strong geometric compositions and forms were highly unique in comparison to his contemporaries in the context of Australian illustrations. In 1870 he was appointed the First Master of the School of Painting at the National Gallery of Victoria, where he influenced and trained artists for the next 11 years. Von Guerard unlike his contemporaries did not produce many lithographs, although Australian Landscapes, are considered to be some of the finest illustrations of Australian landscapes. These lithographs are represented in all major Australian institutional collections.
