The Heart of the Bush 1900

GEORGE W. LAMBERT (1873-1930)

The Heart of the Bush 1900

oil on canvas on board
86.5 x 90.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower left: G.W. LAMBERT SYDNEY/ SEPT. 1900

Provenance:
Private collection, Tasmania
James R. Lawson, Sydney, 1960s
Dr. Joseph Brown, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Commonwealth Exhibition of Australian Art, New South Wales Society of Artists, Sydney, January 1901, exhibited as 'Landscape' cat.30 (illus.)
A Century of Australian Landscape: Mood and Moment, Cultural Corporation of Australia, touring China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, 15 October 1983 - 15 July 1984, cat.32, as 'Landscape' (illus.)

Reference:
Moore, W. The Story of Australian Art, vol.1 , pp. 169-170
Lambert, A., The Life, Society of Artists, Sydney, 1938, p.23
Thomas, D.,Outlines of Australian Art: The Joseph Brown Collection, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1973, (illus. pl.61); 1980 (illus. pl.61); 1989 (illus. pl.132), p.63, all as 'Landscape' Motion, A., The Lamberts : George, Constant & Kit, London, 1986, p.30
Gray, A., Art and Artifice: George Lambert 1873-1930, Sydney, 1996, pp.21 & 24 (illus. p198)
Gray, A.,George Lambert 1873-1930: Catalogue Raisonne: Paintings and Sculpture, Drawings in Public Collections, Bonamy Press in association with Sotheby's and the Australian War Memorial, Perth, 1996, P34, p.7

Estimate: $42000 - 52000