Picherit's farm
(c. 1910)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
(85.0 × 103.0 cm)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
Gallery location
Gallery 7
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Despite witnessing the first exhibitions of the Fauve movement while in France in the first decade of the twentieth century, Max Meldrum was drawn to the realist Old Masters such as Diego Velázquez, Camille Corot, Anthony van Dyke and the Barbizon School of painters. In 1916 Meldrum established his own school in Melbourne, teaching his scientific theories of tonal variation that became known as Australian Tonalism. Meldrum’s teachings were to have a significant impact upon his students and fellow artist such as Clarice Beckett, Colin Colahan, Alexander Colquhoun, Arnold Shore, William Frater and Harley Griffith.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Pacé, Brittany, France
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: Ma Meldrum / 3...-
overinscribed on previous inscription in brown paint l.l.: M Meldrum
Accession Number
2908-4
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Landscapes Structures
Subjects (specific)
agricultural buildings farms France (nation) trees
Movements
Australian tonalism