Defiance
(c. 1914)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
85.0 × 64.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Warren Clark Bequest, 2012
© Bronwyn Wright
Gallery location
Gallery 7
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Hilda Rix Nicholas was one of the most successful Australian artists who lived and studied in France in the early years of the twentieth century. From 1902 to 1905 she attended drawing classes at the National Gallery School, before travelling to Europe alongside her mother and sister following the death of her father. Settling in Paris in late 1907, Rix Nicholas enrolled at both the Académie Delécluse and the Académie Colarossi. In 1910, she travelled to Étaples on the Picardy coast, where there was a large colony of expatriate American, English and Australian artists. She continued travelling to Étaples in the summer to paint until her return to Australia at the end of the war.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Étaples, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Inscription
inscribed in mauve paint l.l.: EHR (monogram) ix
Accession Number
2012.124
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
bracelets (jewellery) costume (mode of fashion) earrings (jewellery) jewellery women (female humans)