Untitled
(1940s)
Medium
oil on composition board
Measurements
90.8 × 60.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation Patrons, 2014
© Courtesy of Bridget McDonnell Gallery
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Clifford Bayliss’s Surrealist work of the 1940s remained virtually unknown until after his death in 1989. He trained at the National Gallery School in Melbourne, and in 1935 won the coveted Travelling Scholarship, which saw him journey to London the following year. There Bayliss likely saw the first International Surrealist Exhibition, held at the New Burlington Galleries, and appears to have commenced his own Surrealist explorations around 1940. Bayliss reportedly stated that the winding sheet motif that recurs throughout many of his works referred to the unwrapping of his fantasies.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
2014.35
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Interiors
Subjects (specific)
doors drapery (representations) hair (animal components) hands (animal components) nudes (representations) tables (support furniture) thresholds women (female humans)