John LONGSTAFF

(Farm, Belle-Île)
(c. 1889)

Medium

oil on canvas on wood panel

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004

Gallery location: Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia

About this work

By October 1888, the Australian painter John Russell and his wife Marianna had left Paris and moved into their new house on Belle-Île, off the coast of Brittany. The area was a popular destination for expatriate artists at the time, who were inspired by contemporary French artists working in Impressionist and post-Impressionist manners. Le Château de l’Anglais, as the locals called it, provided Russell with a base from which to make painting expeditions around the island, as well as to provide a bed for many visiting artists, including Henri Matisse. Fellow Australians John and Topsy Longstaff were among his first guests, staying for several months. Farm, Belle Île broadly and rapidly painted with square brushes, is a memento of this time.

Artwork Details

Medium

oil on canvas on wood panel

Measurements

12.2 × 25.0 cm

Place/s of Execution

Belle-Île, France

Inscription

inscribed in black paint J Longstaff

Accession Number

2004.187

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

Gallery location

Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia

Subjects (general)

Agriculture Landscapes

Subjects (specific)

Belle-ële-en-Mer (island) Brittany (region (administrative division)) buildings (structures) fields (land) France (nation) grass (plant material) roads

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John LONGSTAFF

(Farm, Belle-Île)
(c. 1889)