Waterfall, Strath Creek

Waterfall, Strath Creek
ArtistEugene von Guerard
Year1862
TypeOil paint on canvas
Dimensions83.2 by 65.7 centimetres (32.8 in × 25.9 in)[1]
LocationArt Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Waterfall, Strath Creek is an 1862 oil painting by Austrian artist Eugene von Guerard.[2] The work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and was purchased in 1967.[3] It depicts Strath Creek Falls, a waterfall located in the Mount Disappointment State Forest in the Australian state of Victoria.[4]

A 1980 painting A waterfall (Strath Creek) by Australian artist William Delafield Cook that won that year's Wynne Prize identified the painting's influence as "I found the spot where he had sat to do his drawing … The waterfall was almost exactly as it was in von Guérard's picture. He was at Strath Creek on 14 January 1862; I was there 23 January 1980."[5]

A 1989 work by artist Imants Tillers titled Untitled (Deaf) used Waterfall, Strath Creek to address "the vexed issue of Australian identity"[4]

References

  1. ^ "Eugene von Guerard, Waterfall, Strath Creek (1862)". ABC News (Australia). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ Barry Pearce (curator) (30 December 2014). "The stories behind seven Australian paintings". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Waterfall, Strath Creek, (1862) by Eugene von Guérard - The Collection - Art Gallery NSW". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Imants Tillers - Panorama: A Question of Perspective - Culture Victoria". Culture Victoria. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  5. ^ "A waterfall (Strath Creek) - William Delafield Cook". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2017.