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Life Classes: Drawing the Nude in Australia Art Appreciation Lecture Series 2019 Being human: The figure in art Life Class: Drawing the nude in Australia Anne Ryan 28/29 August, 2019 Lecture summary: In Australia from the mid 19th century until well into the 20th, the most diverse range of artists in Australia have made life drawings as an essential part of their art training and ongoing practice. Life classes for drawing and painting from the nude model maintained a dual purpose of functional training of the hand and eye of the artist, and as a liberalising and civilising subject for art. This lecture surveys life drawings made by Australian artists at home and abroad from the 1880s to the 1950s, giving an insight into the great breadth of approaches taken by them, as well as changing perceptions about what the nude model as subject could say about art. Slide list: 1. Harold Cazneaux 1878-1953, Life class, The Sydney Art School 193, gelatin silver photograph, AGNSW Gift of the Cazneaux family 1975 2. Two covers of Kenneth Clark book The nude, one depicting Michelangelo’s David, the other Ingres’ The Bather, known as the Valpinçon Bather 1808 3. Belvedere Apollo, Roman 2nd century CE, copy of original Greek bronze by Leochares 330-320 BCE, marble, Vatican Museums 4. Aphrodite ("Venus de Milo“), Greek c.100 BCE, Marble, Louvre, Paris 5. Leonardo da Vinci Italian, 1452 – 1519, Vitruvian man c.1480, pen and ink with wash over metalpoint Gallerie dell'Accademia , Venice 6. Edward Francis Burney British, 1760 – 1848, The Antique School at New Somerset House c.1780, (Royal Academy), pen and ink, watercolour wash, Royal Academy of Arts, London 7. Cast Court, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 8. William Holman Hunt British 1827-1910, William Etty at the life class 1840s, pen and ink, York Museums Trust (York Art Gallery), UK 9. Thomas Rowlandson British, 1757-1827, and Augustus Pugin British 1769-1832, Drawing from life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House) 1 January 1808, etching, aquatint, watercolour, Royal Academy of Arts, London 10. William Etty R.A. British, 1787-1849, The golden age c. 1835-40, oil on canvas, AGNSW Florence Turner Blake Bequest 1968 11. Study for The Deluge (1843), oil on canvas, NGV Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939 12. Gustave Courbet French, 1819-77), Standing female nude 1849, compressed charcoal, 62.2 × 46 cm, J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 13. William Etty R.A. British, 1787-1849, Pensive male nude, standing, pencil, black chalk on paper, 57.8 x 34.3 cm, Christies, South Kensington, 2011 14. Seated male nude (1816-18), pencil, chalk, wash, 25.8 × 26.2 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939 15. William Strutt 1825-1915, Self portrait at the Atelier Drolling, Paris c.1840, pencil, wash, Rex Nan Kivell collection, National Library of Australia 16. Michel-Martin Drolling French, 1786-1851, Orpheus and Eurydice 1820, oil on canvas, Musée Magnin, Dijon 17. William Strutt, Left: Drawing from life c.1839, pencil, charcoal and stump, NGV, Presented by Mrs Margaret Strutt-Davies 1989, Right: Academic nude 1838-1839, charcoal, pencil, NGV Joseph Brown collection Proudly sponsored by: 18. François Sallé French, 1839-99, The anatomy class at the École des beaux-arts 1888, oil on canvas, AGNSW Purchased 1888 19. Ecole des Beaux-Arts – Atelier de Peintre late 19th century postcard 20. William Strutt 1825-1915, Apollo 1838-1843? conté, wash, AGNSW, Gift of Mrs Margaret Strutt- Davies 1990 21. Praxiteles Greek, 3rd c. BCE, Apollo Sauroctonus (Lizard slayer) c. 350-340 BCE, marble, Louvre, Paris 22. William Strutt, Reclining male nude c.1839-43, charcoal, pencil, NGA Purchased 1980 23. Samuel Calvert 1828-1913, After J J Gibbs, Sketches at the School of Design 1887 1. The life class 2. In the sculpture gallery 3. Finishing a drawing 4. A lady student 5. Drawing from nature 6. Inquisitive visitor (National Gallery School, Victoria), wood engraving reproduced in Illustrated Australian News 30 April 1887, Source: State Library of Victoria 24. Portrait of Mr. Eugène von Guérard, published c1871-1900 by John Botterill, Pictures collection, State Library of Victoria 25. Andreas Achenbach German, 1815-1910, The Academy Courtyard (The Old Academy in Düsseldorf) 1831, oil on canvas, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf 26. E Phillips Fox 1865-1915, Nude study 1884, black chalk, NGV The Joseph Brown Collection 27. C Douglas Richardson 1853-1932, Seated male nude 1880, charcoal, NGV Gift of Miss Fawcett, 1959 28. Arthur Streeton 1867 – 1943, Half-length male nude c.1885, pencil, National Gallery of Australia Purchased 1977 29. Female nude study 1887, charcoal, Private collection, Melbourne 30. Frederick McCubbin 1855-1917, Nude study c.1910, oil on canvas on board, Source: Christies, Paintings From The Dr Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne, 17/05/2005 31. Arthur Streeton 1867 – 1943, Pastoral 1894, oil on wood panel, AGNSW Purchased 1970 32. Reclining female nude c1880s-1920s, oil on board, National Gallery of Australia Gift of June Davies from the collection of Charles Bush 1993 33. Tom Roberts 1856-1931, Untitled. Nude study c.1915 – 18, brush and black ink, wash, National Gallery of Australia, Purchased 1977 34. The sculptor’s studio 1884-85, oil on canvas, NGA Purchased 1972 35. Hugh Ramsay (back row, middle) at Colarossi’s Academy, Paris, photograph c.1901 36. Hugh Ramsay 1877-1906, Study of a youth 1895, charcoal, AGSA, Gift of James Ramsay 1985 37. Standing male nude, back view (recto) 1897, Seated male nude (verso), pastel, AGNSW, Purchased 1994 38. Marie Bashkirtseff Ukraine/France, 1858-1884, In the studio 1881, oil on canvas, Dnipropetrovsk State Art Museum, Ukraine 39. Jefferson David Chalfont USA, 1856-1931, Bouguereau's Atelier at the Académie Julian, Paris 1891, oil on canvas, De Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd 40. Ada May Plante 1875-1950, Seated female nude c. 1902, charcoal, NGV Gift of Miss Isobel F. Stephens, 1976 41. Standing male nude c. 1902, charcoal, NGV Gift of Miss Isobel F. Stephens, 1976 42. Evelyn Chapman 1888-1961, (Seated female nude, left arm behind head) 1912, charcoal, (Standing male nude, right fist closed) c.1912, charcoal, AGNSW, Bequest of Pamela Thalben-Ball 2015 43. Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz Polish, 1854-1893, Male partial-nude 1885, oil, gouache on canvas, National Museum, Warsaw 44. Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo 1870-1955, Self portait 1924, oil on canvas, AGNSW, Gift of the artist 1939 45. Roland Wakelin 1887-1981, (Seated female nude, leg study) 1913, pencil (Reclining male nude with sword - The model McMahon) 1913 pencil, AGNSW, Gift of the Estate of Patricia Wakelin 2010 46. Frank Mahony 1862-1916, Untitled (Reclining female nude), Conte, Untitled (Reclining female nude, arms extended) 1903 pencil AGNSW, Purchased with funds provided by the Gil & Shay Docking Drawing Fund 2018 47. Julian Ashton teaching in the 1920s, Source: Julian Ashton Art School (www.julianashtonartschool.com.au) 48. Julian Ashton Art School in the Queen Victoria Building 1920s, Source: Julian Ashton Art School 49. Harold Cazneaux 1878-1953, Julian Ashton with life model 1920-22, gelatin silver photograph AGNSW, Gift of the Cazneaux family 1975 For access to all past lecture notes visit: https:// www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/members/current-members/member-events/being- human-figure-art/ Additional slide images IMAGE LIST (please note this list is a continuation of the slide list given out at the lecture) Julian Ashton 1851-1942 (Female nude playing flute) c.1897 conté, pencil [Life study: Female nude with hands behind head] c.1897 pencil (Female figure, man with head in woman's lap) c.1885 pencil, pen and ink NGA Purchased 1977 Reflections 1892 oil on canvas Source: Artemis Auctions Australian & International Art, Melbourne, 27/04/2009 George Lambert 1873-1930 Male nude with right leg raised c.1902 red chalk NGA Purchased 1976 Seated male nude: self-portrait 1909 pencil NGA Purchased 1967 Adelaide Perry 1891-1973 Life study (John Passmore, artist, reclining) c. 1933 pencil AGNSW, Purchased with funds provided by the Gil & Shay Docking Drawing Fund 2018 Life study, John Passmore lounging c.1930 pencil National Gallery of Australia Gift of John Brackenreg 1977 Life study, John Passmore alert c.1930 pencil National Gallery of Australia Gift of John Brackenreg 1977 Adelaide Perry 1891-1973 Portrait of John Passmore c.1933 pencil AGNSW, Purchased 1975 Nude study - man lying, arms extended 1930s Pencil AGNSW, Purchased 1975 Nude study - woman, back view 1930s pencil AGNSW, Purchased 1975 Proudly sponsored by: John Passmore 1904-1984 (Untitled male nude) early 1930s oil on canvas AGNSW Gift of John H Passmore, the artist's son 2006 (Untitled - Unfinished female nude) early 1930s pencil, oil on canvas AGNSW Gift of John H Passmore, the artist's son 2006 (Untitled - Figure group: male and female standing, female seated) early 1930s pencil, oil on canvas AGNSW Gift of John H Passmore, the artist's son 2006 Eric Wilson 1911-1946 Study of male nude, arm (1930s) pencil Study of female nude (1930s) pencil recto: Studies of female arms, torso verso: Studies of male nude from rear (1930s) pencil AGNSW, Gift of Lu Wilson in memory of David Brian Wilson to honour Dick and Wenda Ashton 1998 Eric Wilson 1911-46 Life drawing – self portrait as a diver 1937 pencil NGA Purchased 1977 Seated female nude, front view c.1939 conte AGNSW Gift of Miss Jean Appleton 1971 Seated female nude, back view, London c.1939 conte AGNSW Gift of Miss Jean Appleton 1971 Mary Abbott 1916-1996 Frank White 1942
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