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The painter's mother

The painter's mother
 (1944)

Medium
oil on plywood
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1961
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on plywood
Measurements
145.1 × 79.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: (line) / THE Painter's / Mother / (line) / ERIC WILSON / (line)
Accession Number
825-5
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1961
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
black (colour) elderly eyeglasses mothers single-sitter portraits women (female humans)

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Essay
The lost art of Federation: Australia’s quest for modernism

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