close window
collection
agnsw
Object Image

Julian Ashton (England; Australia, b.1851, d.1942)
The prospector


Painting
oil on canvas on hardboard
213.4 x 116.9cm board; 233.0 x 137.3 x 5.5cm frame
Purchased 1889
4554
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, Australian Art 19th Century Galleries, Court 9A


Bibliography
Periodical; Look; Jill Sykes (Australia); Apr 2009, 29 (colour illus.), 'Brief encounters: Literary travellers in Australia, 1836-1939' by Susannah Fullerton, pg. 29.
General/Book; Bailed up: the story behind the painting; Patrick H McCarthy (Australia, b.1933); 2006, 14-15, 16 (colour illus.)
Educational/Television; Centenary of Federation: South Australia. South Australia, Federation and the twentieth century (Episode one: Utopia and the great Southern Land); Colin Haynes (Australia, active 2001); 17 Oct 2001, 0:18.37-0:18.40 (colour illus., detail), 'Utopia and the Great Southern Land' was broadcoast on ABC television 17 October 2001.
General/Periodical; The Australasian coin & banknote collectables magazine; Brian Ahearn (active 2001); May 2001, front cover (colour illus.), Special issue on gold and gold discoveries in Australia.
Book; Our guardian angels; Elsie D May (Australia); 2001, 41 (illus.)
Exhibition catalogue; Gold and civilisation; Tom Stannage (Australia); 2001, 62 (colour illus., detail), 63, 73 (colour illus.), 'Art of the goldfields' by Deborah Clark, pg. 62-77.
Thesis; Selling a nation: Australian artists at International Exhibitions [M.A., University of Sydney]; Natalie Wilson (Australia, b.1965); 2001, between 28-29 (colour illus.), 29-31, 52, 'Organisation of the New South Wales display in Chicago', pg.18-45., figure no. 14
Book; Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales; Barry Pearce (Australia); 2000, 43 (colour illus.), 300, 'Golden age' by Vivienne Webb, pg. 37-38.
General/Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook; Bruce James (Australia), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940); 1999, 112 (colour illus.), 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture' by Bruce James, pg. 102-181.
Brochure; The Art Gallery of New South Wales Bulletin; Jonathan Cooper (Australia); Aug 1996-Oct 1996, 34 (colour illus.), 'Close-Ups of the Collection', pg. 34.
Exhibition catalogue; Gold Fever! Life on the diggings 1851-1855; Michael Evans (Australia); 1994, Listed in catalogue under the heading "The true picture?". No cat. number.
Exhibition catalogue; Two hundred years of Australian painting. Nature, people and art in the southern continent; Barry Pearce (Australia), Patricia McDonald, Haruo Arikawa (Japan), Chikashi Kitazaki (Japan); 1992, 97 (colour illus.), cat.no. 52
Book; Australia - the painter's vision; Graeme Sturgeon (Australia, b.1936, d.1990); 1987, 110 (colour illus.), 111, 202, plate no. 66
Exhibition catalogue; Julian Ashton 1851-1942; Dinah Dysart (Australia); 1982, 4, 11 (illus.), 14,, 'Introduction' by Dinah Dysart, pg. 3-6, illus.no. 11, cat.no. 30
Newspaper; The national times: Australia's national weekly of business and affairs.; Evan Whitton; 08 Nov 1981-14 Nov 1981, 48, 'Julian Ashton in modern perspective' by Tim McLachlan, pg. 48.
Book; Julian Ashton: essay on the artist (Volume I); Dinah Dysart (Australia); 1981, 42, 45 (illus.)
Book; Julian Ashton (Volume II); Dinah Dysart (Australia); 1981, Illustrations of sketches of the model used in 'The prospector'.
Auction catalogue; Australian and European paintings, Monday 9th March, 1981, 6:30 p.m.; Geoff K. Gray Pty. Ltd. (Australia); 1981, 21, 22 (illus.), lot no. 204, 'Working the sluice', 1884
Scholarly/Book; Australian art and architecture: essays presented to Bernard Smith; Terry Smith, Anthony Bradley (b.1936); 1980, 107, 122, 'The divided meaning of "Shearing the Rams": artists and nationalism, 1888-1891' by Terry Smith, pg. 99-123.
Book; Artists of the Australian gold rush; Alan McCulloch (Australia, b.1907, d.1992); 1977, back cover (colour illus., detail)
General/Book; 100 masterpieces of Australian painting; William Splatt, Barbara Burton; 1973, 54, 55 (colour illus.), plate no. 24
Scholarly/Book; Great Australian landscape paintings; Editor Unknown; 1973, (colour illus.), plate no. 16
Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook; Editor Unknown; 1972, 77 (colour illus.)
Scholarly/Book; Impressionist painters 1881-1930; James Gleeson (Australia, b.1915, d.2008), John Henshaw (New Zealand; Australia, b.1929, d.2006); 1971, 23 (colour illus.), 83
General/Periodical; Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly (Vol. 10, No. 4); Editor Unknown; Jul 1969, 472, 'Tom Roberts' by Daniel Thomas, pg. 466-487.
Scholarly/Book; The golden age of Australian painting - Impressionism and the Heidelberg school; Alan McCulloch (Australia, b.1907, d.1992), John Henshaw (New Zealand; Australia, b.1929, d.2006); 1969, 114 (colour illus.), plate no. 56
Book; A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952; Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916); 1953, 18, cat.no. 20
Exhibition catalogue; A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting; Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994); 1953, Section 3: cat.no. 42; titled 'The Prospector'
Exhibition catalogue; Exhibition of Australian art in London; Grafton Galleries (England); 1898, 20, cat.no. 91; titled 'The Prospector'; Lent by the Trustees of Sydney Gallery
Newspaper; Chicago Daily Tribune; 08 Jun 1893, 9, 'Pictures by Australian artists: Some have real artistic merit and the collection is credible', pg. 9.
Exhibition catalogue; Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1893; National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1893, 107, cat.no. 364, Loan collection to the Commissioners of the Chicago Exposition
General/Book; The book of the fair; an historical and descriptive presentation of the world's science, art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893; Hubert Howe Bancroft (Australia, b.1832, d.1918); 1893, 729
Exhibition catalogue; World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893: Catalogue of the exhibits in the New South Wales Courts; 1893
Exhibition catalogue; Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1891; National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1891, 66
Newspaper; The Sydney Morning Herald; Editor Unknown; 13 Dec 1890, 5, 'The Art Gallery' by Vaurien, pg. 5., see Curator's Worksheet for copy [NW 26.6.2000]
Newspaper; The Sydney Morning Herald; Editor Unknown; 13 Dec 1890, 4, 'The Art Society's Exhibition', pg. 4., see Curator's Worksheet for copy [NW 26.6.2000]
Exhibition catalogue; Art Society of New South Wales Spring Exhibition Catalogue (1889); Royal Art Society of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1880); 1889, 20, 21 (b&w line illus.), cat.no. 53; priced 150 guineas
Minutes book; Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 31.8.1880-4.8.1891; Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia); 1880-1891, 8 October 1889


Exhibition venue
Title: Gold and civilisation
Organizer: Art Exhibitions Australia Ltd

Venue: Melbourne Museum
Opening: 18 Jul 2001
Closing: 21 Oct 2001

Venue: National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Opening: 11 Mar 2001
Closing: 24 Jun 2001


Title: Gold Fever! Life on the diggings 1851-1855
Organizer: National Library of Australia
Sovereign Hill Gold Museum, Ballarat

Venue: Sovereign Hill Gold Museum, Ballarat
Opening: 16 Sep 1994
Closing: 20 Nov 1994
Curator: Evans, Michael
Richards, Michael

Venue: Hyde Park Barracks
Opening: 17 Jun 1994
Closing: 21 Aug 1994
Curator: Evans, Michael
Richards, Michael

Venue: National Library of Australia
Opening: 25 Feb 1994
Closing: 15 May 1994
Curator: Evans, Michael
Richards, Michael


Title: Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent
Organizer: National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Opening: 14 Jul 1992
Closing: 06 Sep 1992
Curator: Pearce, Barry
Arikawa, Haruo

Venue: National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Opening: 28 Apr 1992
Closing: 28 Jun 1992
Curator: Pearce, Barry
Arikawa, Haruo


Title: Julian Ashton
Organizer: S.H. Ervin Gallery

Venue: S.H. Ervin Gallery
Opening: 14 Nov 1981
Closing: 31 Jan 1982
Curator: Dysart, Dinah
Notes: cat.no. 30


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. 42


Title: Exhibition of Australian art in London (1898)
Organizer: Grafton Galleries

Venue: Grafton Galleries
Opening: 02 Apr 1898
Closing: 31 Jul 1898
Notes: cat.no. 91; lent by the Trustees of Sydney Gallery


Title: World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Venue: Jackson Park, Chicago
Opening: 01 May 1893
Closing: 30 Oct 1893
Notes: cat.no. 2; Section 1178


Title: Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Art Society of New South Wales (1889)
Organizer: Royal Art Society of New South Wales

Venue: Society Rooms, Union Chambers
Opening: 1889
Notes: cat.no. 53, price £150.0.0, Ashton, J.R., Glenview, Bondi, b&w illus. on page 21 of catalogue


Please note: Displayed works are relocated regularly and sometimes at the last minute. Therefore, if you are visiting to view a particular work, we recommend contacting the Information Desk first on (02) 9225 1744.