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Bertram Mackennal
Head of a woman (c. 1925)
bronze
52.7 × 20.2 × 21.5 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs R. T. A. McDonald, 1970
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Head of a woman
(c. 1925)
Medium
bronze
Measurements
52.7 × 20.2 × 21.5 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs R. T. A. McDonald, 1970
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Former National Gallery School student Bertram Mackennal was one of the earliest Australian-born artists to pursue a career abroad. He found success in Britain, being elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1909, receiving a knighthood in 1920 and exhibiting at the Royal Academy and Salon on numerous occasions. Influenced by the British New Sculptors of the 1880s, Mackennal’s sculptural works were often imbued with Symbolist themes; however, his portrait busts were far more classical in style. Swiss-born Louis Buvelot was considered the colony’s leading landscape painter, and viewed as a role model by many subsequent Australian artists.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
cast in rear l.c.: BERTRAM MACKENNAL
Accession Number
A13-1970
Department
Australian Sculpture