This portrait shows Josephine’s impressionistic flair, with confident brushwork and colour giving it a vitality beyond her earlier formal portraits.
A fine example of impasto, a painting technique that involves applying thick layers of paint to create a textured or 3D effect.
First exhibited as part of the seminal ‘Australian Exhibition of Women’s Work’ in 1907.
The first painting by an Australian artist to be purchased by the Queensland Art Gallery.
‘Among the most outstanding Australian portraits of its time; for sheer exuberance and expressive freedom it is difficult to match.’
Josephine captures the ‘waste, howling wilderness’ of Coolgardie, in outback Western Australia.
Women rarely appeared in colonial art. Afghan Trader puts them at the centre.
One of a number of landscapes painted along the canals of Italy’s ‘floating city’.
Member of the Murdoch family dynasty and author of the world’s first cookbook for electric stoves.
Rich textures and soft brushwork create an atmosphere of quiet introspection and elegance.
A woman reclining in quiet contemplation, absorbed in her book.
‘This study is distinguished by both able technique and a fine appreciation of lighting and values.’