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Painting
oil on canvas
91.6 x 305.5cm stretcher; 139.5 x 355.0 x 10.5cm frame
Purchased 1899
550
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, Australian Art 19th Century Galleries, Court 9B
Further information
'The subject of a team hauling a load, though popular in all parts of the world had for me a more intimate significance, in that teams were our only means of transport in those days ... when the wool clips were being hauled in to Nevertire, it was not an unknown occurrence to see something like six to ten teams with heavy loads crossing Snakes Plains.'
- George Lambert 1924
Inspired by his experiences as a youth in the bush near Warren, New South Wales, Lambert began this ambitious work at the age of 26, while living with his mother at Hornsby near Sydney. He worked in a small shed in the garden and had to position the painting diagonally across it, even then unable to stretch the canvas to its full extent.
The painting was enthusiastically received as a heroic portrayal of bush life displaying Lambert's innate skill at draughtsmanship and was awarded the Wynne Prize for landscape painting for 1899. The following year he left for London with the first New South Wales Society of Artists Travelling Scholarship.
Bibliography
Book; The CBUS Collection of Australian art; Dr Joseph Brown (Australia); 2009, 52
Reference book; Art of Australia. Vol. 1: Exploration to Federation; John McDonald (Australia, b.1961); 2008, 634
Periodical; Look; Jill Sykes (Australia); Oct 2006, 22, 'George Lambert's drawings' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 22-23.
Newspaper; Daily liberal; Editor Unknown; 28 Sep 2006, 4, 4 (illus.)
Newspaper; Mailbox shopper; Editor Unknown; 27 Sep 2006, 'Cultural centre opens today' pg. 4
Newspaper; Weekend Liberal; Editor Unknown; 23 Sep 2006-24 Sep 2006, 'Cultural centre' pg. 15
Scholarly/Book; The art of war; Betty Churcher (Australia, b.1930); 2004, 22-23 (colour illus.), 177, 'The birth of a legend', pg. 1-47.
Scholarly/Book; Elwyn Lynn: metaphor + texture; Peter Pinson (Australia, b.1943); 2002, 41, Elwyn Lynn painted 'Across the Black Soil Plains' in 1961, derived from Lambert's painting.
Newspaper; Weekend Liberal; Editor Unknown; 26 May 2001-27 May 2001, 10, 'Keeping the dream alive' by Heather Crosby, pg. 10.
Educational/Book; 1901: Australian life at federation: an illustrated chronicle; Aedeen Cremin; 2001, 56-57 (colour illus.), 'Riding on the sheep's back: the wool industry', pg. 51-57.
Exhibition catalogue; People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation; Craig Judd (Australia, b.1957), Anne McLaughlin (Australia); 2001, 3, 6 (colour illus.), 7-9, 14, 20, 27, 38, 'People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation' by Anne McLaughlin, pg. 10-33.
Scholarly/Periodical; Art Monthly Australia; Philippa Kelly (Australia); Sep 2000, 21, 'Positions vacant' by Humphrey McQueen, pg. 21-23., review of 'Australian icons' exhibition
Scholarly/Periodical; State of the arts; Margaret Meagher (Australia); Aug 2000-Dec 2000, 12, 'AGNSW polishes the silver', pg. 12., Review of 'Australian Icons' exhibition.
Book; Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales; Barry Pearce (Australia); 2000, 74, 94 (colour illus., detail), 95 (colour illus.), 301, 'Home and abroad' by Ursula Prunster, pg. 73-74.
General/Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook; Bruce James (Australia), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940); 1999, 124 (colour illus.), 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture' by Bruce James, pg. 102-181.
Book; Brought to light: Australian Art 1850-1965; Lynne Seear (Australia), Julie Ewington (Australia); 1998, 104, 'Family and a Special Friend. George Washington Lambert Portrait group (The mother)' by Candice Bruce, pg. 102-7.
General/Book; Art in Australia: from Colonization to Postmodernism; Christopher Allen (Australia); 1997, 77, 78 (illus.), 220, cat. no. 58
Collector's catalogue; Wynne Centenary 1897-1997 a selection of past winners from the Gallery's collection; Helen Campbell (Australia); 1997, (colour illus.)
Scholarly/Book; Art and Artifice: George Lambert (1873-1930); Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947); 1996, 12, 19 (colour illus.), 23-25, 34-35, 159, 174, 177, 178
Scholarly/Book, Catalogue raisonné; George Lambert (1873-1930) catalogue raisonné: paintings and sculpture, drawings in public collections; Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947); 1996, 5-7, cat.no. P29
Exhibition catalogue; Wool in the Australian imagination; Author Unknown; 1994, (illus.)
Scholarly/Book; Australian painting 1788-1990; Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916), Terry Smith; 1991, 156 (illus.), 'Exodus', pg. 126-166 Chapter five, plate no. 88
General/Book; Making Australian art 1916-49 : Sydney Ure Smith, patron and publisher; Nancy Underhill (Australia); 1991, 88-89 (illus.), 98
General/Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook; Annabel Davie; 1988, 20, 'Australian' by Barry Pearce, pg. 13-35.
Exhibition catalogue; The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition; Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940), Barry Pearce (Australia), Dinah Dysart (Australia); 1986, 6, 7 (illus.), 18,, 'The public and critical response to the Wynne prize' by Dinah Dysart, pg. 15-22.
Educational/Book; City bushmen: the Heidelberg school and the rural mythology; Leigh Astbury (b.1950); 1985, 148, 149 (illus.), 150
Scholarly/Book; Place, taste and tradition: A study of Australian art since 1788; Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916); 1979, 81, 154, This work is titled 'Crossing of the black soil plains'.
General/Book; Thirty years of an artist's life : the career of G.W. Lambert, A.R.A; Amy Lambert (England); 1977, 16, 17, 22
General/Book; Australian landscapes in colour; Ian Mudie (b.1911, d.1976); 1975, 74-75 (colour illus.)
Book; Heysen of Hahndorf; Colin Thiele (b.1920); 1974, 288
Scholarly/Book; The Glorious Years of Australia fair from the birth of the Bulletin to Versailles; Russel Ward, Graeme Inson (Australia, b.1923, d.2000), Geoffrey Barnes; 1971, 23 (illus.)
Scholarly/Book; The art of Australia; Robert Hughes (Australia; United States of America, b.1938); 1970, 97-98
General/Book; Renniks Australian artists; John Kroeger, Dion Skinner; 1968, 227 (illus.)
Book; A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952; Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916); 1953, 105
Exhibition catalogue; A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting; Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994); 1953, cat.no. 50
Educational/Periodical; Meanjin; C Christesen; Summer 1951, 355
Exhibition catalogue; Art of Australia 1788-1941; Sydney Ure Smith (Australia, b.1887, d.1949); 1941, 35, cat.no. 48
Newspaper; The Sydney Morning Herald; Editor Unknown; 25 Mar 1939, 21
Exhibition catalogue; 150 years of Australian art; Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961); 1938, cat.no. 40
Periodical; Art in Australia [vol. 1, no. 7]; Sydney Ure Smith (Australia, b.1887, d.1949), Sir Bertram Stevens, Charles Lloyd Jones (Australia, b.1878, d.1958); 1919, 2, 'George Lambert' by Lionel Lindsay, pg. 2-6.
General/Periodical; Lone Hand; Editor Unknown; 02 Feb 1914, 170
General/Periodical; Lone Hand; Editor Unknown; 01 Nov 1910, 5-6, article by W.Hardy Wilson
Newspaper; Daily telegraph; Editor Unknown; 27 Oct 1910, 9, article by Julian Ashton
Newspaper; Daily telegraph; Editor Unknown; 27 Sep 1905, page unknown (illus.), ‘National Art Gallery: The Australian Court’ by Julian Ashton.
Scholarly/Periodical; Art and Architecture; Editor Unknown; Jan 1905, page unknown
Periodical; Bulletin; Editor Unknown; 30 Oct 1902, 25 (illus.)
Newspaper; Daily telegraph; Editor Unknown; 04 Dec 1900, 4
General/Periodical; Australian magazine; Editor Unknown; 18 Sep 1899, 413-414 (illus.), article by 'Raw Sienna' [George Lambert]
Periodical; Bulletin; Editor Unknown; 02 Sep 1899, page unknown, 'The Artfellow'
Newspaper; Sydney mail and New South Wales advertiser; Editor Unknown; 26 Aug 1899, 503 (illus.), 504-505, article by E.D.H.
Newspaper; The Sydney Morning Herald; Editor Unknown; 19 Aug 1899, 10
Exhibition catalogue; Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1899; National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1899, 52 (sepia illus.), cat.no. 293, Oil Paintings-Australian
Exhibition catalogue; Society of Artists Spring Exhibition Catalogue; Author Unknown; 1899, 7 (line illus.), cat.no. 67, £105.0.0
Exhibition venue
Title: George Lambert retrospective: heroes & icons
Organizer: National Gallery of Australia
Venue: National Gallery of Australia
Opening: 29 Jun 2007
Closing: 16 Sep 2007
Title: Across the Black Soil Plains
Organizer: Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
Venue: Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
Opening: 01 Sep 2006
Closing: 31 Jan 2007
Title: People and destiny: George Lambert and Federation
Organizer: Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Venue: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Opening: 05 Jul 2002
Closing: 18 Aug 2002
Curator: Judd, Craig
Venue: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
Opening: 06 Apr 2002
Closing: 02 Jun 2002
Curator: Judd, Craig
Venue: Bendigo Art Gallery
Opening: 09 Feb 2002
Closing: 24 Mar 2002
Curator: Judd, Craig
Venue: Albury Regional Gallery
Opening: 04 Jan 2002
Closing: 27 Jan 2002
Curator: Judd, Craig
Venue: New England Regional Art Museum
Opening: 14 Sep 2001
Closing: 28 Oct 2001
Curator: Judd, Craig
Venue: Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
Opening: 05 May 2001
Closing: 12 Aug 2001
Curator: Judd, Craig
Title: Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 04 Aug 2000
Closing: 03 Dec 2000
Curator: Pearce, Barry
Title: A brush with the bush
Organizer: Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
Venue: S.H. Ervin Gallery
Opening: 18 Jun 1993
Closing: 18 Jul 1993
Curator: Sutherland, Rene
Venue: Dubbo Regional Art Gallery
Opening: 03 Apr 1993
Closing: 31 May 1993
Curator: Sutherland, Rene
Title: The Wynne prize: an Australian landscape tradition
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales
S.H. Ervin Gallery
Venue: Tamworth City Gallery
Opening: 05 Nov 1987
Closing: 13 Dec 1987
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Pearce, Barry
Venue: Broken Hill City Art Gallery
Opening: 18 Sep 1987
Closing: 26 Oct 1987
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Pearce, Barry
Venue: Albury Regional Gallery
Opening: 07 Aug 1987
Closing: 06 Sep 1987
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Pearce, Barry
Venue: Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery
Opening: 01 Jul 1987
Closing: 26 Jul 1987
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Pearce, Barry
Venue: Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Opening: 03 Jun 1987
Closing: 20 Jun 1987
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Pearce, Barry
Venue: Orange Regional Gallery
Opening: 10 Apr 1987
Closing: 17 May 1987
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Pearce, Barry
Venue: Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Opening: 06 Mar 1987
Closing: 29 Mar 1987
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Pearce, Barry
Venue: S.H. Ervin Gallery
Opening: 19 Dec 1986
Closing: 01 Feb 1987
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Pearce, Barry
Title: The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (1956)
Organizer: National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street]
Venue: National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street]
Opening: 18 Nov 1956
Closing: 15 Dec 1956
Notes: cat.no. 71
Title: A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 25 Sep 1953
Closing: 25 Oct 1953
Notes: cat.no. 50
Title: Art of Australia 1788-1941
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Venue: North Texas State Teachers' College
Opening: 14 Jun 1945
Closing: 05 Jul 1945
Venue: University of Oklahoma
Opening: 14 May 1945
Closing: 04 Jun 1945
Venue: Oklahoma Art Center
Opening: 13 Apr 1945
Closing: 04 May 1945
Venue: Quincy Art Club
Opening: 09 Mar 1945
Closing: 30 Mar 1945
Venue: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Opening: 06 Feb 1945
Closing: 27 Feb 1945
Venue: Society Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial
Opening: 06 Jan 1945
Closing: 27 Jan 1945
Venue: Hamline University
Opening: 01 Dec 1944
Closing: 17 Dec 1944
Venue: Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum
Opening: 19 May 1944
Closing: 16 Jun 1944
Venue: San Francisco Museum of Art
Opening: 04 Apr 1944
Closing: 07 May 1944
Venue: Heard Museum, Phoenix Fine Arts Association
Opening: 21 Feb 1944
Closing: 20 Mar 1944
Venue: Abilene Museum of Fine Arts
Opening: 10 Jan 1944
Closing: 07 Feb 1944
Venue: Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas
Opening: 28 Nov 1943
Closing: 26 Dec 1943
Venue: Philbrook Art Museum
Opening: 20 Oct 1943
Closing: 17 Nov 1943
Venue: Rockhill Nelson Gallery
Opening: 07 Sep 1943
Closing: 08 Oct 1943
Venue: Fort Wayne Art School and Museum
Opening: 12 May 1943
Closing: 31 May 1943
Venue: Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis
Opening: 08 Apr 1943
Closing: 05 May 1943
Venue: Detroit Institiute of Arts
Opening: 01 Jan 1943
Closing: 29 Jan 1943
Venue: Cleveland Museum of Art
Opening: 09 Nov 1942
Closing: 07 Dec 1942
Venue: Rochester Memorial Art Gallery
Opening: 05 Oct 1942
Closing: 02 Nov 1942
Venue: Toledo Museum of Art
Opening: 06 Sep 1942
Closing: 27 Sep 1942
Venue: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Opening: 10 Jul 1942
Closing: 27 Aug 1942
Venue: Wilmington Society of Fine Arts
Opening: 01 Jun 1942
Closing: 27 Jun 1942
Venue: Carnegie Institute
Opening: 03 Apr 1942
Closing: 15 May 1942
Venue: Yale University Art Gallery
Opening: 02 Mar 1942
Closing: 23 Mar 1942
Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Opening: 17 Nov 1941
Closing: 31 Dec 1941
Venue: National Gallery of Art, Washington
Opening: 01 Oct 1941
Closing: 26 Oct 1941
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