McClure Smith, editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and friend of the artist. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. "Sofala' is regarded as one of Russell Drysdale's finest paintings, representing the artist at the height of his powers. [7] His 1948 work, The cricketers has been described by the National Gallery of Australia as "one of the most original and haunting images in all Australian art."[8]. Captivated by the ambience of the dilapidated and abandoned buildings, Drysdale photographed the ruinous streetscapes to inform paintings created upon return to his Sydney studio. He won the prestigious Wynne Prize for Sofala in 1947, and represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1954. Free shipping for many products! Russell Drysdale, in full Sir George Russell Drysdale, (born February 7, 1912, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, Englanddied June 29, 1981, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), English-born Australian figurative painter and photographer who was among the most representative of modern Australian painters and one of the first to become widely known outside his own country. The auction was held entirely online and by phone. as 'Western Landscape')Russell Drysdale's Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1974, p. 21 (illus. In this image, Drysdale depicts a vast, flat and barren landscape with dead trees and cloudy skies. [9], In 1963 the Reserve Bank of Australia, then led by H. C. Coombs, appointed him to a small committee supervising the note designs for the new Australian decimal currency (which finally came into fruition in 1966). The website's critical consensus states: "Invigorated by its talented cast and Francis Ford Coppola's strong direction, The Rainmaker is a satisfying legal drama and arguably the best of Hollywood's many John Grisham adaptations. His depictions of Aboriginal people, small town dwellers and rural workers isolated within a harsh and dramatic environment were in stark contrast to the dominant imagery of the Australian landscape as a land of pastoral plenty. VINTAGE RUSSELL DRYSDALE FRAMED PRINT - THE RAINMAKER - AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL | eBay Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VINTAGE RUSSELL DRYSDALE FRAMED PRINT - THE RAINMAKER - AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL at the best online prices at eBay! It stars Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider, Virginia Madsen, and Teresa Wright in her final film role. Russell Drysdale book. In 1944, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper commissioned Russell Drysdale to draw and record the devastation of the drought in New South Wales. There is a credit for "Poet in Residence". She then kills Cliff herself, then tells the police it was self-defense. [6] His The Drover's Wife "cohabits in Australians' minds with Sidney Nolan's Carcass paintings" as conveying a sense of desolation. Indigenous people are represented not as archetypes of an exotic Other, but as individuals of a peculiar dignity and grace.3 The three figures in Family Group assume an erect posture that is accentuated by their Western attire. RUSSELL DRYSDALE, "The Rainmaker", limited edition lithograph 98/100, signed upper right, 85 x 68cm. Boyds experiences in Central Australia during the 1950s led to his celebrated Brides series, an allegorical sequence charting the fortunes of an indigenous man and his mixed-race lover. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. [6] Drysdale's red presents "a landscape deeply, intrinsically inhospitable" and conveys the "utter alienation" of the figures he paints in the landscape. As in the works of his contemporaries Sidney Nolan and Patrick White (1912-1990), the figure in the desert forms a broader allegory for humanitys attempts to transcend its physical environment. Russell Drysdale's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 51 USD to 2,254,137 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Drysdale had poor eyesight which prevented him from enlisting in the army, and, due to his detached retina, was nearly blind in his left eye at the age of 17. While his training was largely based in the European Modernist tradition, Drysdale . 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It has been almost fifteen years since an equivalent work appeared at auction: Group of Aborigines was purchased for the Art Gallery of New South Wales at Christies in May 2003.10. This book celebrates his achievement as a draughtsman. Details are provided for information purposes only. Patterns of Australia Starting at $4.29. In a nutshell, the Rainmaker Challenge is a seven-day crash course in selling products through Amazon's FBA program. In the case of this painting, however, Drysdale changed his title from 'Small Landscape' to 'Western Landscape', as it appeared thereafter in exhibition catalogues and monographs on the artist. In 1944 Drysdale was commissioned by the Sydney Morning Herald to record the effect of serious drought conditions in western New South Wales. The humanism of Russell Drysdale's art and its compelling authenticity of vision come from his experience of the land and its peoples. As Geoffrey Dutton writes: Drysdales relation to the figure in the landscape is a very complex one. as 'Western Landscape')Klepac, L., The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale(rev. Russell Drysdale book. He was influenced by abstract and surrealist art . He died on 5 August 1909 at Dunfermline. Rudy responds saying he has cases, including an insurance bad faith matter he boasts could be worth several million in damages. Flower Oil. The agonies of drought are felt more passionately through the figural references of twisted roots and voids, skeletal in a grey or often blood red sky. He was married twice, and had a son, Tim, and a daughter, Lynne. 11. Nolan travelled to the Northern Territory in 1949 and 1950 to paint the deserts chiselled outcrops as seen from the land and sky. Russell Drysdale was born in 1912, at Bognor Regis, (a south coast resort community) in Sussex, England. Died: Bouddi, New South Wales, Australia 29 Jun 1981, Portrait of Russell Drysdale, unknown date, by unknown photographer. Some of Drysdales most significant art followed the development of his countryside theme, including; The Crow Trap, Man Reading a Paper, The Drovers Wife, Home Town and Sofala. In his final years, he moved to the New South Wales Central Coast and was an active member of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board and a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Drysdale's reputation continued to grow throughout the 1950s and 1960s as he explored remote Australia and its inhabitants. Skip to main content Shop by category Shop by category Enter your search keyword 83/100 - hand signed, 73 x 58cm Estimate: A$100 - 150 Realised Price: Undisclosed Category: Books & Manuscripts This Sale has been held and this item is no longer available. Alternate titles: Sir George Russell Drysdale. The district attorney declines to prosecute. Russell Drysdale's Moody's Pub, bought by the National Gallery of Victoria in in 1942. Like Tass, I've come to look on my whole output as one slowly emerging work". Get news, art, exhibition invitations & deals delivered to your inbox. Drysdale's sketches illustrated Newman's subsequent articles. Gleeson, J., Exciting Oils by Drysdale, The Sun, Sydney, 18 November 1953 by Russell Drysdale, John Hellstrom, M. Goi, and Anthony Fallick. After a successful international and national career as an artist, Russell Drysdale was officially knighted in 1980, and awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia. With its compelling evocation of atmosphere and ambience, the painting transcends literal description of a particular place to become an expression of the quintessential qualities of an inland Australian country town." Russell Drysdale, (Group of Aboriginal People) [originally known as Group of Aborigines] 1953, oil on canvas, 51.0 x 61.0 cm, collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 2003 to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation. Donny Ray dies days after giving a video deposition at his home. Read reviews from world's largest community for readers. Here was Russell Drysdale's Australia. The painting depicts the main street of the New South Wales town of Sofala. He said: "In later years he was often accused of painting the same picture over and over again. Oil on canvas, 26 x 40 (66 x 102) Purchased from the artist through the Leicester Galleries (Knapping Fund) 1951 Exh: Russell Drysdale, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, August 1950 (9); Russell Drysdale, Leicester Galleries, London, December 1950 (12) Lit . It is a great triumph for Rudy and Deck, with Keeley being arrested by the FBI and investigation proceedings into Great Benefit launched in multiple jurisdictions. The toughness of this rural landscape and the impact it had on the people living there impressed Drysdale so deeply that it became one of the principal subjects of his work throughout his lifetime. [1] A chance encounter in 1932 with artist and critic Daryl Lindsay awakened him to the possibility of a career as an artist. as 'Western Landscape')Smith, G., Russell Drysdale 191281, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997, p. 95 (referred to as 'Small Landscape'), Small Landscape, 1945, oil on composition board, 30.0 x 40.5 cm, Bonhams & Goodman, Melbourne, 6 May 2009, lot 41. Free entry, Find out what you need to know before visiting, recto: Study for 'Drought' series verso: (related doodles), Study of composition for Portrait of Donald Friend, Model, George Bell School (Wolf Cardamatis), Henry Lawson Short Stories, Sydney, The Beagle Press. Defense attorney Leo F. Drummond offers to stand for Rudy as Rudy is sworn in before the judge. Hugh McClure Smith CVOThence by descentPrivate collection, Sydney, Russell Drysdale, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 21 November 3 December 1945, cat. ISBN-13: 9780500200902. He visited Europe in 1932 where he was influenced by the paintings of the post-impressionists and school of Paris. Omissions? Painting Medium . Closed Good Friday & Christmas day He took lessons from Bell in Melbourne from 1935 til 1938. [10], In 1969, Drysdale was knighted for his services to art, and in 1980, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia. In his painting The Cricketers (1948), Drysdale composed a scene that has, thus far, resisted sixty years of social transformation to remain an exemplary representation of post-settlement national identity [] At his request, Sir Russell's cremated remains were placed in the shade of a tree by the church in the burial ground beside historic St Paul's Anglican Church, Kincumber. Klepac, L., Russell Drysdale, p.254 For Drysdale, the bones of the landscape lay in the ancient rocks of our timeless land with past and present in living harmony. But it fell just shy at the Deutscher and Hackett auction on Wednesday evening, matching the highest bid for the artist's 1974 Grandma's Sunday Walk which sold in 2017. The provenance of Family Group loosely mirrors the early life of its creator. Crucifixion was once also in the collection of H.A. Source: Art Gallery of New South Wales Archive. As this success will create unrealistic expectations for future clients, Rudy decides to abandon his new practice and teach law. : The life and work of Russell Drysdale, Sydney; New York: 1996. His work was first exhibited in London in 1950, establishing his international reputation, and was represented in the Tate Galleries in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, as well as in all Australian state galleries. Skip to Main Content Toggle navigation. Important Australian + International Fine Art. A number of surveys of his work have been held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1960, the National Gallery of Australia in 1997 and by the Tarrawarra Museum of Art in 2013. Two alike paintings were titled Small Landscape, one being lent by R.A. Henderson and the other (the work on offer) by H.A. Earlier, in his drought paintings of 1945, Drysdale's art underwent a dramatic change through his unique metamorphosis of the landscape. A painting of a rural family heading off to a night at the movies has tied the record for the sale of a Russell Drysdale work with a hammer price of $2.4 million at auction in Melbourne just as the city returns to cinemas after the pandemic lockdown. Sir George Russell Drysdale AC (7 February 1912 29 June 1981), also known as Tass Drysdale, was an Australian artist. [15], Drysdale's second wife Maisie was the sister-in-law of the Canadian novelist Robertson Davies, with whom Peter Sculthorpe discussed collaborating on an opera based on the Australian adventures of the Irish actor Gustavus Vaughan Brooke. 75 (illus. Sir Russell Drysdale. A visit to North Queensland in 1951, the first of many subsequent extended journeys throughout northern and western Australia, prompted studies of Aboriginal people, which evolved into numerous paintings during the late 1950s and 60s, exemplified in Shopping day 1953 and Group of Aborigines 1953. Creator: Russell Drysdale Date Created: 1941 Physical Dimensions: 60.0 x 76.0 cm board; 75.3 x 92.0 x 6.0 cm frame Type: Painting Rights: Purchased 1942 Russell Drysdale Estate Medium:. Catalogue entry accessed online: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/44.2003/ Western Landscape (exhibited as Small Landscape)1 was one of this brilliant collection of seventeen acclaimed paintings includingWalls of China, Gol Gol purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Joe Resting acquired by Warwick Fairfax (now Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth), and Red Landscape acquired by Sir Keith Murdoch. The family moved to Australia, and Russell attended Geelong Grammar School in Victoria. It stars Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider, Virginia Madsen, and Teresa Wright in her final film role. The two spent a working holiday together in a house on the Tamar River in Tasmania, and became lifelong friends. [4], Drysdale worked on his uncle's estate in Queensland, and as a jackaroo in Victoria. In 1902 he went to England where he lived at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Drysdales vision of the desolate landscape of the outback, expressed in his paintings and drawings of the 1940s, was influenced by English artists of the time but depicted a distinctly Australian reality. 18 November 1953, p.2 RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912 - 1981) WESTERN LANDSCAPE, 1945 oil on composition board 30.5 x 40.5 cm signed lower right: Russell Drysdale Estimate: $150,000 - 200,000 Sold for $216,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 26 - 29 August 2012, Melbourne Provenance Hugh McClure Smith CVO Thence by descent Private collection, Sydney Exhibited : They file suit for middle-aged couple Dot and Buddy Black, whose 22-year-old son, Donny Ray, is dying of leukemia, but could have been saved with a bone marrow transplant, denied by their insurance carrier Great Benefit. His art adorns galleries across the country and his representations of the Australian outback will always be a part of Australian history. [9], In 1962 he co-wrote a travel book, Journey Among Men, with Jock Marshall. Sir George Russell Drysdale (7 February 1912 - 29 June 1981), also known as Tass Drysdale, was an Australian artist.He won the prestigious Wynne Prize for Sofala in 1947, and represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1954. In late 1944, Australia was in the grip of a devastating drought. Gaunt groups of people stood on the edge of vast desert spaces. Paintings - George Russell Drysdale - Page 8 - Australian Art Auction Records. Russell Drysdale England, Australia Born: Sussex, England 07 Feb 1912 Died: Bouddi, New South Wales, Australia 29 Jun 1981 Portrait of Russell Drysdale, unknown date, by unknown photographer. Russell Drysdale, First Edition (66 results). With Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight. "Russell Drysdale, 1912-1981," September 23-November 15, 1998, unnumbered cat. They become one, as in The Rainmaker 1958 (private collection). In 1947 Russell Drysdale and fellow artist Donald Friend first visited the former gold-mining towns of Sofala and Hill End in New South Wales. Corrections? [6] Drysdale's Australia was "hot, red, isolated, desolate and subtly threatening". Drysdale was one of the first Australian artists of his time to receive international acclaim, along with Sidney Nolan and Arthur Boyd. Were working to restore it. Please try again later. Updates? Drysdale also made several trips to Europe to study Impressionist and Parisian artists. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt. Drysdale Russell: Dunlap Brian: Edwards Ron: Ernst Max: Eyre Gladstone (19~20 c.) 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