Born: St Petersburg, Russia 1873; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1887; Lived and worked: England, France, Wales, Egypt, Palestine 1900-1921; Died: Cobbity, New South Wales, Australia 1930

Interwar

Gift of J. Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, 1979

Drawing of head with short hair, neck and shoulders. Black timber frame.

Recto: Signed, titled and dated "G.W.Lambert / J.W.L. McHugh – April 28th / 1925" in grey pencil across lower centre of composition.

drawing, portrait, face, man

Born: St Petersburg, Russia 1873; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1887; Lived and worked: England, France, Wales, Egypt, Palestine 1900-1921; Died: Cobbity, New South Wales, Australia 1930

Edwardian

Gift of C.J.R. Ansett, 1980

Mountain and valley landscape with figure and animals. Painted timber frame.

Recto: Signed and dated "G. W. LAMBERT. 1913" in black paint on l.l.c of composition; Not titled

painting, figure, boy, dog, animal, mountains, landscape, lizard, snow

Born: Uxbridge, Middlesex, England 1872; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c.1914; Lived and worked: France 1905-1913, Australia: 1908 and 1913, Europe, Middle East and Asia 1916- c.1936; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1952

Impressionism

Ledger Gift, 1980

Garden setting with flowers, trees and small figures running down a path. Bronze brushed carved timber frame.

Recto: Signed "CARRICK FOX" in deep navy oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, garden, figures, flowers, children, trees, path

Born: Westbury, Wiltshire, England 1890; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1893; Died: Warragul, Victoria, Australia 1923

Interwar

Gift of Wooleen Pty Ltd.,1980

Misty forest landscape with large gum tree. Limed timber frame.

Recto: Signed "Penleigh Boyd" in brown watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

watercolour, tree, landscape

Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 1864; Died:1947; Worked in Europe 1893-1933

Impressionism

Gift of Wooleen Pty Ltd.,1980

Rural landscape with trees, rocky hills and clouds in sky. Timber frame.

Recto: Signed "RB" in blue grey oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, landscape, hills, trees, mountains

Born: London, Middlesex, England 1868; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1884; Lived and worked: France and England 1890-1909; Died: Virginia Water, Surrey, England 1909

Heidelberg School

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Architectural setting with figures, food, water and buildings. Unframed.

Recto: Signed "CONDER" in red pastel in l.r.c of compostion; Not dated; Not titled

painting, interior, figures, women, feast, table

Born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England 1859; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1892; Died: London, Middlesex, England 1935

Tonalism

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Interior with seated figure wearing dinner suit with cigarette and lamp. Gold brushed timber frame.

Signed "B. Hall" in dull cream oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not title

painting, interior, figure, lamp, man, glass

Born: Creswick, Victoria, Australia 1870; Died: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1952

Impressionism

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Bush and urban landscape with figures, trees and water. Gold brushed and painted timber frame.

Recto: Signed "Percy Lindsay" in red oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, seascape, landscape, figures, trees, buildings, women, child

Born: Manly, New South Wales, Australia 1859; Lived and worked: England 1884-1888; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1943

Impressionism

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Treed path leading up to top of hill and building. Bronze brushed timber frame.

Recto: Signed "W LISTER LISTER" in brown oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, trees, building, landscape, path

Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 1889; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1939

Impressionism

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Evening rural landscape with buildings, trees and moon. Gold brushed timber frame.

Recto: Signed and dated 'W.B. / McINNES 10' in brown oil in l.l.c of composition; Not titled

painting, landscape, tree, sky, house, farm, moon

Born: Dorchester, Dorset, England 1856; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1869; Lived and worked: Spain, England, France 1883-1885; Died: Kallista, Victoria, Australia 1931

Impressionism

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Seaside Landscape with small figures playing and trees, water, grass, flowers and buildings in the distance. Unframed.

Recto: Signed and dated "Tom Roberts / 1888" in mauve oil in l.r.c of composition; Not titled

painting, landscape, trees, figures, buildings, colonial, children, flowers

Born: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia 1858; Lived and worked: England, Spain, France, Italy, New Zealand 1881-1923; Died: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 1930

Impressionism

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Snow covered mountain landscape with buildings and trees. Thin gold brushed timber frame.

Recto: Signed and dated "Russell / 12" in grey pencil in l.l.c of composition; Not titled

watercolour, landscape, buildings, mountains, snow

Born: Mount Duneed, Victoria, Australia 1867; Lived and workd: England 1897-1919; Died: Olinda, Victoria, Australia 1943

Edwardian

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Rural landscape with architectural form and figures naked and partially clothed. Gilded bronze timber frame.

Recto: Signed "A. STREETON" in burgandy oil r.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, landscape, figures, nude, river, grecian, tree, animals

Born: The Hague, Netherlands 1861; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1888; Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1941

Nationalism

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Rural landscape with grazing cows and trees. Gold gesso frame.

Recto: Signed "J. H. Scheltema" in brown oil in l.r.c of compostion; Not dated; Not titled

painting, landscape, pastoral, cows, animals, trees, grass, rural

Born: The Hague, Netherlands 1801; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1853; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1879

Victorian

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Rural colonial forested landscape with animals, figures trees and mountains. Gold brushed timber frame.

Recto: Signed "H.L.V.d.Houten / [illegible]" in brown oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, landscape, trees, figures, animals, buildings, mountains, colonial, horse, dog

Born: Annandale, New South Wales, Australia 1911; Lived and worked: England and France 1937-1940; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1946

Interwar

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Rural landscape with trees, grass, road and hills. Antique cream painted timber frame.

Recto: Signed "Eric Wilson" in red oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, landscape, tree, hills, road, sheep, animals

Born Ludlow, Shropshire, England 1769; Died: London, England 1825

Romanticism

Gift of Wooleen Pty. Ltd., 1980

Six battleships on water in smoky atmosphere. Gold gesso wood moulding with decorative corners.

Recto: Not signed, not dated, not titled

painting, seascape, sea, ships, boats, sails, naval

Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 1865; Lived and worked: France and England 1887-1892, France 1901-1913; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1915

Impressionism

Gift of anonymous donor, in memory of Mr and Mrs R. R Webster, 1981

Seascape with buildings, trees and hills. Stained timber frame.

Recto: Signed "E.P.Fox" in black oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, seascape, sea, hills, landscape, buildings, waves

Born: Westbury, Wiltshire, England 1890; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1893; Died: Warragul, Victoria, Australia 1923

Impressionism

Ledger Gift, 1981

Rural landscape with large trees and small figure with gold brushed timber frame.

Recto: Signed "Penleigh Boyd." in red oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

painting, landscape, trees, figure

Born: 1837; Arrived Australia c. 1866; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1906

Colonial

Ledger Gift, 1982

Rural landscape with farmhouse and outbuildings surrounded by trees, two figures by a horse and wagon. Stained wooden frame.

Recto: Signed "Drawn by W.TIBBITS. artist NEIL ST. Ballarat" in blue ink in lower centre of sheet edge; Titled 'Mr J.Thompson’s. / Star Saw Mills Staffordshire Reef.' in blue ink in lower centre of sheet; Not dated

watercolour, colonial, rural, trees, buildings, wheels, horse, animal

Born: Isleworth, Middlesex, England 1831; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1870; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1897

Victorian

Gift of Mrs E.E. Ledger, 1982

Rural landscape with house, fences, trees hills, a creek and a small figure carrying a fishing line. Thin, dark blue grey brushed timber frame.

Recto: Signed "PARSONS" in black watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

watercolour, landscape, tree, mountains, animals, cows, figures, fence, creek, colonial, buildings

Born: Mount Duneed, Victoria, Australia 1867; Lived and workd: England 1897-1919; Died: Olinda, Victoria, Australia 1943

Edwardian

Gift of Mrs E.E. Ledger, 1982

Sunny urban landscape with impressive building with large towers facing a street with figures and trees.Thin gold brushed timber frame.

Recto: Signed "Arthur Streeton." in brown watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

watercolour, building, sky, figures, trees, tower

Born: Vienna, Austria 1811; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1852; Died: London, Middlesex England 1901

Romanticism

Ledger Gift, 1984

Rural valley and mountain landscape with two figures walking down a track beside a waterfall towards a river. Gold brushed gesso decorative edged timber frame.

Recto: Signed and dated "Eug.V.Guérard / D. 85" in red oil in l.r.c of composition; Not titled

painting, landscape, river, cliff, mountain, figures, buildings, waterfall, sky, clouds

Born: South Yarra, Victoria, Australia 1869; Died: Mornington, Victoria, Australia 1930

Victorian

Ledger Gift, 1985

Sunlit rural landscape with buildings, figures, wagon, trees, water, reflections and a hill. Gold brushed ornate timber frame.

Recto: Signed and dated "C. S. BENNETT / 1891" in brown watercolour in l.r.c; Not titled

watercolour, landscape, riverscape, house, trees, water, reflection

Born: Yamba, New South Wales, Australia 1886; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1950

Nationalism

Ledger Gift, 1985

Clearing in a rural landscape with many different types of birds. There are palm trees and treed hills in the background. Stained timber frame.

recto: Signed and dated "Neville.W.Cayley -10-" in black watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Not titled

watercolour, landscape, birds, magpie, cockatoo, kookaburra, blue wren, rosella, field, tree

Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1831; Lived and worked: Italy 1856-1867; Died: Rome, Italy 1867

Victorian

Ledger Gift, 1985

Oval brown background with profile portrait of figure depicting female with flowers in her hair and wearing white clothing. Stained timber frame.

Recto: Signed and titled " Louisa" "A.G. Ironside" in grey pencil from l.l.c to l.r.c of composition; Not dated

pastel, portrait, woman, flowers, wreath, shoulders

Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 1889; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1939

Impressionism

Ledger Gift, 1985

Expressive brushstrokes in muted colours of two figures fishing in foreground with buildings, tower and trees in background. Timber frame.

Recto: Signed "McINNES" in dark brown oil in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

paintings, rural, buildings, figures, clouds

Born: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia 1858; Lived and worked: England, Spain, France, Italy, New Zealand 1881-1923; Died: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 1930

Impressionism

Ledger Gift, 1985

Expressive brightly coloured brushstrokes of rural farm houses and trees. Gold brushed timber frame.

Recto: Not signed, not dated, not titled

watercolour, buildings, chimney, impressionist

Born: Londesborough, Yorkshire, England 1862; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales Australia 1885; Lived and worked: England 1893-1896; Died: Montrose, Victoria, Australia 1935

Victorian

Ledger Gift, 1985

Rural landscape with large weeping tree, fence, rolling hills, line of trees and sky. Grey rubbed from gold gesso timber frame

Recto: Signed "BLAMIRE YOUNG-" in white watercolour in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titled

watercolour, landscape, trees, fence

Born: Addlestone, Surrey, England 1851; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1878; Died: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia 1942

Victorian

Ledger Gift, 1985

Interior scene with small figure standing at doorway to outside fenced garden. Unframed.

Recto: Signed and dated "J. R. ASHTON / 1877" in red watercolour in l.l.c of composition

watercolour, interior, exterior, child, door, fence, tree