Sailing boats, Brittany
(1938)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
59.0 × 49.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Andrée Fay Harkness through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2020
Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Alison Rehfisch studied at the Julian Ashton School, Sydney, and following this became a member of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. There, her career flourished, with Rehfisch’s work winning the Royal Art Society Prize and attracting favourable reviews. In 1930 Rehfisch shared a studio in Sydney with Dorrit Black, Rah Fizelle, Thea Proctor and Adelaide Perry. In 1933 she moved to London, and from there travelled extensively across Europe with her partner, George Duncan, returning to Sydney in 1939. In 1947 a major fire in her studio destroyed much of her work. Sailing boats, Brittany was completed while Rehfisch was travelling in France.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Brittany, France
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: Rehfisch
Accession Number
2020.564
Department
Australian Painting