JOHN RUSSELL
1858-1930

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

JOHN RUSSELL

1858-1930
Ariadne 1883

oil on canvas on board
signed and dated 'John. P. Russell / 1883' lower right
109.5 x 292.3 cm

Provenance

Mr Edward Combes (1830-1895), Sydney
Moreton Family, acquired from the above
Webb Family, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Sydney
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1973

Exhibited

Third Exhibition, Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, 20 March 1883, no. 246
Autumn Exhibition 1973: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 26 March - 11 April 1973, no. 12, 'Reclining Figure', illustrated
John Peter Russell: Australian Impressionist, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, 10 January - 12 February 1978, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 25 February - 19 March 1978, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 March - 6 May 1978, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 May - 26 June 1978, no. 3, 'A Balneatrix'

Literature

The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 31 March 1883, p. 5
The Sun, Melbourne, 29 March 1973, (illustrated)
Ann Galbally, The Art of John Peter Russell, Sun Books, Melbourne, 1977, cat. 9, plate iii, p. 97, 'A Balneatrix'
Pat Symons, 'The Art of an Expatriate', The Age, Melbourne, 15 April 1978, (illustrated)
Ann Galbally, A Remarkable Friendship: Vincent van Gogh and John Peter Russell, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2008, plate 16, pp. 51, 52, 265, 307