Kauffmann, Hugo (1844-1915; German) Card Players in a Country Inn 1872 Oil on wood panel, 25.2 x 33.5 cm Purchased, 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.307.3-1) This rustic tavern scene appears to be typical of the output of this Munich artist. The current NGV catalogue notes that it was purchased from Fletcher’s Gallery, Melbourne. Refs. 1879,
Johnson, Ernest Borough (1866-1949; English) A Salvation Army Shelter 1891 Oil on canvas, 61.6 x 97.0 cm Purchased, 1892 (advice of Hubert von Herkomer) National Gallery of Victoria (p.399.2-1) Johnson, a portraitist and genre painter, was an alumnus of Herkomer’s Hertfordshire art school, and painted several portraits of his teacher. According to the 1905 NGV catalogue,
Joanowitch, Paul (1859-1957; Serbian) The Traitor (1885-90) Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 150.5 cm Purchased, 1890 National Gallery of Victoria (p.318.1-1) The NGV’s online catalogue gives the nationality of the artist (also known as Jovanović, Joanovitch, Joanovits etc.) as “Austro-Hungarian,” indicating that he was born in Versecz, Serbia, and died in Vienna. He specialized in narrative
Jackson, John (1778-1831; English), attributed to Sir David Wilkie, c.1815 Oil on canvas, 76.4 x 63.5 cm Purchased 1877 (advice of Archibald Michie) National Gallery of Victoria (3063/1) Bought for a small sum, this work was regarded initially as a self-portrait by the noted Scottish painter David Wilkie (1785-1841), and was still catalogued as such in
Innocenti, Guglielmo (active in the second half of the 19th century; Italian) Italian Peasants Canvas, c.74 x 99 cm Purchased, 1870 (advice of Charles Summers) Unidentified; present location unknown Bought for the NGV on Summers’ advice, this work no longer appears to be in the NGV, although it was still in the collection in 1943.
Hunt, D.C. (?) (19th century?) Langley Dell Oil on canvas, 31.0 x 37.3 cm Gift of Robert Litton, 1889 National Gallery of Victoria (p.313.8-1) To date, no details have been found for the painter responsible for this landscape, listed in the NGV’s annual report for 1889 and the gallery’s current online catalogue as “D.C.Hunt” (but as
Hunt, Alfred William (1830-96; English) Moonrise, near Bamborough Castle Oil on canvas, c. 76.2 x 121.9 cm Purchased, 1873 (advice of J.R.Herbert) Unidentified; present location unknown In NGV 1894, this work was catalogued with an accompanying quote from Sir Walter Scott regarding “proud Bamborough,” and noted as then on loan to the Bendigo Art Gallery. It
Humphrey, Tom (1858-1922; Scottish/Australian) Under a Summer Sun 1895 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 76.4 cm Purchased, 1895 (advice of Bernard Hall) National Gallery of Victoria (17-2) Humphrey, a lesser light in the “Heidelberg School” firmament, nevertheless produced several key examples of Australian Impressionism, notably On the way to school, acquired by the Warrnambool Art Gallery in
Hodgson, John Evan (1831-95; English) Arab Prisoners 1870 Oil on canvas, 94 x 185.7 cm Purchased, 1871 (advice of Alfred Thomson); de-accessioned after 1943 Present location unknown; last noted at auction in London, 2006 [photo: work as auctioned in London in 2006] This canvas, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1870, was listed as hanging
Hillemacher, Eugène-Ernest (1818-87; French) Psyche in the Underworld 1865 Oil on canvas, 117.0 x 90.0 cm Gift of Gustave Curcier, 1872 National Gallery of Victoria (p.306.6-1) Hillemacher, a French academician, was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour in the year this work was painted and shown at the Paris Salon. Psyche is shown venturing
Herring, John Frederick, Junior (1820/21-1907; English) Horses and Pigs (c.1864) Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 61.5 cm Purchased, 1864 (advice of Charles Eastlake) National Gallery of Victoria (p.300.16-1) This barnyard scene, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1864, was among the first paintings bought for Melbourne, and was apparently a popular work during the collection’s early years.
Herkomer, Hubert von (1849-1914) Queen Victoria (1891) Oil on canvas, 239 x 148.6 cm. Purchased, 1892 National Gallery of Victoria (p.397.2-1) This classic image of Queen Victoria in her mature pomp is described in NGV 1894 as based on “Gilbert’s statue of the Queen erected in 1887 at Winchester.” In 1894, it presided over the