(Hanging Flowers)
Marian Ellis Rowan
Details
- Artist
- Marian Ellis Rowan
- Title
- (Hanging Flowers)
- Medium
- watercolour and gouache on paper
- Size
- 40.5 x 21 cm
- Details
signed lower left: Ellis Rowan
Related work:
See National Library of Australia, object 138846625 Barringtonia sp, family Lecythidaceae, Papua New Guinea, 1916
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Provenance
private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Sale of Pictures, Watercolours, Drawings and Prints, Christies, London, October 1983, lot 193 as Hanging Flowering Eucalyptus (unsold)
Further Information
Marian Ellis Rowan (1848 - 1922) was a remarkable woman, who blurred the lines between fine art and natural history illustration with artworks characterised not only by their detailed accuracy but also her own compositional charm and touches of dramatic interest, such as the inclusion of insects, adding more life, narrative interest and sense of scale. This artwork is indicative of her later style inspired by the lush tropical flora of Queensland and Papua New Guinea, where the vivid colour of the flowers fill the entire page.
This celebrated and prolific artist with her reputation for painting wildflowers is represented in many public collections including significant holdings at the National Library of Australia and the Queensland Museum; as well as the National Gallery of Australia; the National Gallery of Victoria; the Art Gallery of New South Wales; Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art; the Art Gallery of Western Australia; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Adelaide; the National Herbarium, Melbourne; the National Trust of Australia; the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.
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