Bathed in the soft haze of late afternoon light, Late afternoon, Edithvale captures the quiet beauty of Melbourne’s bayside before suburban life took hold. Josephine Muntz Adams’ loose, expressive brushwork suggests both motion and stillness – the breeze through slender gums, the dappled fall of light on grass, and the faint outline of a red-roofed cottage nestled among the trees.
The painting was included in Josephine’s retrospective exhibitions at the Athenaeum Gallery in 1943 and Sedon Galleries in 1945.
Image courtesy of Bonhams.
