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Jesse Jewhurst Hilder
The pool (1909)
watercolour
31.0 × 26.2 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Ralph Ward-Ambler AM and Barbara Ward-Ambler through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
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The pool
(1909)
Medium
watercolour
Measurements
31.0 × 26.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Ralph Ward-Ambler AM and Barbara Ward-Ambler through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
J. J. Hilder’s landscape watercolours were simply composed and highly prized for their subjective vision and sophisticated colour harmonies. Hilder’s handling of broad washes on textured papers and atmospheric effects of light, haze and mist proved so influential on other watercolourists (amateurs in particular) that in the 1920s George Lambert scathingly described such work as belonging to the ‘blotting-paper school.’ Hilder’s work sold very well during his lifetime and his influence was reinforced by a tribute exhibition held in 1916 and the publication of a major monograph on his work in the same year.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
New South Wales
Inscription
inscribed in charcoal (in image) l.r.: J J Hilder. (underlined)
Accession Number
2010.498
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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