Vineyard, Castle Hill, 1927 / by Robert Johnson
Vineyard, Castle Hill, 1927 / by Robert Johnson
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1927
Call Numbers
ML 1487 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 27
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Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 36.5 x 44.5 cm - oil on board
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years.
Approval for reproduction required : No reproduction without prior written approval of copyright holder.
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Estate of Robert Johnson
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The painting depicts rural scene showing farm house and vineyard in foreground with a road leading into the distance. Horizon view to the Blue Mountains in the distance.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Vineyard, Castle Hill, 1927 / by Robert Johnson
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower edge “Robert Johnson 1927”.
Description source
Title taken from frame inscription.
Object History
Sotheby’s, Fine Colonial Australian Paintings and Drawings, Sydney, 24 November 1985; Private collection, Sydney.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Shapiro, Sydney, 30 November 2016.
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Administrative / Biographical history
Robert Johnson, landscape artist, was born in 1890 in Auckland, New Zealand where he later trained at the Elam School of Art. He served with the NZ armed forces during World War 1 and in 1921 settled in Sydney. A prolific oil painter of impressionist landscapes, he made regular painting tours in Australia and sold his work through galleries in Sydn...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1487 , Status: On display – Paintings from the Collection, Room 1, West Wall, no. 27
Record Identifier
n7oXdqOn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oXdqOn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1005616
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