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A country road
1914
Medium
watercolour
Measurements
33.7 × 38.8 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
J. J. Hilder’s landscape watercolours were highly prized for their subjective vision and sophisticated colour harmonies. His handling of broad washes on textured papers and atmospheric effects of light, haze and mist proved so influential on other watercolourists (amateurs in particular) that in the 1920s fellow artist George Lambert scathingly described such work as belonging to the ‘blotting-paper school’. Hilder’s work sold very well during his lifetime, and his popularity and influence were reinforced by a tribute exhibition held in 1916 and the publication of a major monograph in the same year.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in blue paint (in image) l.l.: J J HILDER / 1914
Accession Number
1774-3
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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