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1921-1922
Painting
oil on canvas
87.2 x 124.5cm stretcher; 125.5 x 153.5 x 8.0cm frame
Purchased 1987
355.1987
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, British & European 19th Century Art Galleries, Court 10A
Further information
This example of the latter genre is particularly grand and impressive, a major work of its period. Once the fiery leader of the fauves, an early champion of primitive art and a contender for modernist pre-eminence, Derain made the first of his many stylistic backflips around 1910. When Picasso and Braque were at their most experimental, he chose to investigate early Renaissance art as exemplified in the classical values of order, harmony and detachment. From the 1920s his work was regarded as conservative by his contemporaries, though it coincided with the 'return to order' that characterised post-war European culture. Derain is now regarded as a postmodernist before the fact. Some of his figural and still life subjects influenced painters in the 1980s.Recalling an altar set with ritual items, Derain presents his simple objects with a sacramental sense of their placement and interrelation.
AGNSW Handbook, 1999.
Provenance
Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York (United States of America), circa 1967-20 Mar 1987, New York/New York/United States of America, Purchased by the AGNSW from Allan Frumkin Gallery 1987. Lent by Allan Frumkin Gallery to the 1967 exhibitions 'Derain' at the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy.
H.J.P. Bomford (England, d.1978), circa 1944, Wiltshire/England, by 1944, lent by Bomford to the 1944 exhibition 'Paintings of the French School from a private collection' at Temple Newsam House. Bomford a London stockbroker, moved to Aldbourne, Wiltshire in 1938 purchasing 2000 acres of farmland. His success at farming due to the outbreak of the Second World War and the demand for food enabled him to pursue his interests in buying and selling art.
Bibliography
Exhibition catalogue; Favourites: Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from public and private collections; Margaret Olley (Australia, b.1923), Barry Humphries (Australia, b.1934), Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959), Christine France (Australia); 2000, Catalogue entry appears in inserted list to printed catalogue
General/Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook; Bruce James (Australia), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940); 1999, 58 (colour illus.), 'Western Collection: Paintings and Sculpture' by Bruce James, pg. 17-77.
Periodical; Look; Editor Unknown; Nov 1987, 12-13, 13 (colour illus.), 'Acquisitions: Derain's Antique Inspirations' by Terence Maloon
Newspaper; The Australian financial review; Editor Unknown; 19 Mar 1987, 'A Modern Old Master' by Terry Ingram
Newspaper; New York Times; Editor Unknown; 1981, 'Theo Waddington'
Exhibition catalogue; Derain; Arts Council of Great Britain (England); 1967, 67 (illus.), cat.no. 68
Exhibition catalogue; Seven decades 1895-1965: crosscurrents in modern art; Peter Selz (United States of America, b.1919); 1966, 110 (illus.)
Exhibition catalogue; Paintings of the French School from a private collection; Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (England); 1944, (illus.), cat.no. 44, plate 22
Exhibition venue
Title: Favourites: Margaret Olley and Barry Humphries choose from Australian collections
Organizer: S.H. Ervin Gallery
Venue: S.H. Ervin Gallery
Opening: 15 Jan 2000
Closing: 27 Feb 2000
Title: Andre Derain Paintings and Drawings
Venue: Theo Waddington & Co. Inc.
Opening: 30 Oct 1981
Closing: 20 Nov 1981
Title: Derain
Organizer: Arts Council of Great Britain
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts
Opening: 30 Sep 1967
Closing: 05 Nov 1967
Curator: Arts Council of Great Britain
Notes: cat.no. 68, lent by Allan Frumkin Gallery
Venue: Royal Scottish Academy
Opening: 19 Aug 1967
Closing: 17 Sep 1967
Curator: Arts Council of Great Britain
Notes: cat.no. 68, lent by Allan Frumkin Gallery
Title: Seven Decades, 1895-1965: Crosscurrents in Modern Art
Organizer: Galleria Odyssia, New York
Venue: Galleria Odyssia, New York
Opening: 26 Apr 1966
Closing: 21 May 1966
Curator: Selz, Peter
Notes: cat.no. 110
Title: Paintings of the French School from a private collection
Venue: Temple Newsam House
Opening: 27 Jul 1944
Closing: 27 Aug 1944
Notes: cat.no. 44, Collection H.J.P. Bomford
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