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Elsie in the Chinese Hat
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.5 x 51 cm
Date
c.1913-14
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Hilda Rix Nicholas was drawn to depicting figures in costume throughout her career, from dress up parties; to her observation of outfits unfamiliar to her eye from Etaples and Morocco; to nursery rhyme watercolours completed for her young son. Some of her most well know paintings reflect this interest, including Les Fleuers dedaignees (The Despised Flowers) 1925 in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia and most famously, La Robe Chinoise (The Chinese Robe) c.1913 in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. A photograph exists of Hilda herself dressed in this magnificent robe which remains in the family collection.
Provenance
the Estate of the artist
Exhibited
Paris to Monaro: Pleasures from the studio of Hilda Rix Nicholas, National Portrait Gallery, 2013
Literature
Paris to Monaro: Pleasures from the studio of Hilda Rix Nicholas, National Portrait Gallery, 2013, col. illus. p. 113
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