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John Russell
Paraggio 1912
watercolour over pencil
28.5 × 39.5 cm (image and sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1979
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Paraggio
1912
Medium
watercolour over pencil
Measurements
28.5 × 39.5 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1979
Gallery location
Gallery 7
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
John Russell first worked in watercolour in the 1870s and early 1880s and returned to it after the death of his first wife in 1908. Russell left Belle Île, his home off the coast of Brittany for twenty years, and travelled with his daughter Jeanne, whose singing career took them to southern France and Italy. His choice of watercolour during this period was dictated by the medium’s simplicity of technique and portability. Paraggio exemplifies Russell’s method: he lightly sketched in the compositional elements in pencil or black chalk, then lay in the colour washes on dampened paper and finally applied highlights with gouache.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in pen and red ink (in image) l.r.: JOHN. RUSSELL / PARRAGIO / 12
Accession Number
A68-1980
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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