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Chattering
(c. 1908)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
60.5 × 73.3 cm
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
Rupert Bunny was one of the many artists that left Australia at the close of the nineteenth century to seek formal training and an international reputation. From 1886 to 1932, he predominantly lived in France, and exhibited at the Paris Salon and London’s Royal Academy. Chattering belongs to a series of paintings that Bunny exhibited in London under the title Days and Nights in August. Works from this series feature elegantly dressed women engaged in leisurely pursuits. Bunny’s principal model for the works was his wife Jeanne Morel, whom he had married in 1902.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: Rupert C W. Bunny
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse c.r.: Chattering
Accession Number
2004.156
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Interiors
Subjects (specific)
books chairs (furniture forms) curtains (window hangings) hats parasols (costume accessories) porches railings (balustrades) women (female humans)
Colourmen
Colourman
PAUL FOINET FILS
Location of stamp
Right half reverse of canvas
Transcript
COULEURS . FINES/PAUL FOINET FILS/21. Rue BREA
Medium
Ink stencil
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Guide Labreuche (FR)