Lot 21: CHARLES DOUGLAS RICHARDSON 1853-1932

HILLSIDE, BACCHUS MARSH

MEASUREMENTS

60 by 90 cm

Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1899 lower right

Charles Douglas Richardson trained as an artist in Melbourne with Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin. As a student in London he is said to have shared a studio with Roberts and Mackennal. In 1889, he contributed twenty-five items to the now famous '9 by 5 Impression Exhibition', masterminded by Roberts (a 'reconstruction' of which is planned as a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria). Pursuing a dual career as painter and sculptor in his later years, Richardson
EXHIBITED
regularly in Melbourne ? paintings, sculpture and designs for architectural decoration. This is one of his most attractive large plein-air landscapes.