The Chinese screen
(1923)

Arthur STREETON

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

(124.8 × 99.4 cm)

Accession Number

1427-3

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Another Work Furniture

Subjects (specific)

applied decoration Orientalism peacock (bird) screens (furniture)

Movements

Australian Impressionism Heidelberg School

Frame

This frame is in the form of a Canaletto frame using low relief carved timber, characteristically worked into a shallow ogee profile (or ovolo, as here) at the corners and centres leaving unadorned panels in between. Frames in this style appear on a number of paintings by Arthur Streeton, including The Grampians (Mount Abrupt) 1921, 2013-412 (by John Thallon)

See also Canaletto frames on:
George W. Lambert The Official artist, 1183-3 (by Chapman Bros.)
George W. Lambert Lotty and a lady, 492-2.
Giovanni Battista Pittoni The Miracle of the loaves and fishes, 2360-4.
Giambattista Tiepolo The Banquet of Cleopatra, 103-4 (by F Pollak)

Frame Details

Framemaker: Unknown - 20th century
Date: c.1923
Materials: carved timber, composition and gold leaf
Frame Condition: good original condition
Dimensions: 132.5 x 193 x 15 cm

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The Chinese screen
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Arthur STREETON