Brenda Williams, the new curator at our Gallery talked about the wonderful ‘Salon Hang’ of about half of the Ledger Collection. This has given many of us, a detailed look at this foundation collection for the first time and appreciate the wide selection of well known artists of the 1920s to 1950s that the Ledger family collected. The exhibition is dedicated to landscape paintings and some of our North Eastern and local landscapes are evident.
At a time when State Galleries are scrambling to collect the works of more women artists from this period, the Ledger Collection includes a surprisingly large number of women artists, many of whom you will not have heard and you may be seeing their work for the first time.
Pick up a copy of the exhibition catalogue at the door and use it to find the works of such women as Elizabeth Parsons and Alice Rowen who arrived from England and were exhibiting and painting landscapes in the 1880s.
Later Dora Meeson and Jean Bellette were painting in the 1920s to 1950s. while Shay Docking was painting a generation later. Joy Hester and Lena Bryant are also represented.
At a time when State Galleries are scrambling to collect the works of more women artists from this period, the Ledger Collection includes a surprisingly large number of women artists, many of whom you will not have heard and you may be seeing their work for the first time.
Pick up a copy of the exhibition catalogue at the door and use it to find the works of such women as Elizabeth Parsons and Alice Rowen who arrived from England and were exhibiting and painting landscapes in the 1880s.
Later Dora Meeson and Jean Bellette were painting in the 1920s to 1950s. while Shay Docking was painting a generation later. Joy Hester and Lena Bryant are also represented.
Noble trees, sunlit plains and coastal expanses are all to be found here. It’s worth quite a few visits to take it all in and select your favorite three paintings. The exhibition will remain open until the end of the year.
Meg Dillon
Meg Dillon
'First Mondays' in October - 'Curating Migration Stories' - Join Amrit Gill, Artistic Director/CEO, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (4A), and co-curator of the current exhibition Bush Diwan, as she unpacks the process of telling migration stories through exhibitions of contemporary art.,, "In developing this exhibition we considered the universality of the story of Siva Singh—what is left behind in migration and how we form and reform identity in our adopted homes through ceremony and cultural practices, the struggles of racism and the erasure that comes with assimilation—and we hope works chosen will resonate broadly with audiences, particularly those with experiences of migration.” Monday 3 October 10 to 11am. Join us for coffee after the session in the Gallery's Munro and Sargent cafe!
