Hayward Veal
Street Scene Paris 1963
40×60cm oil on canvas
Max Meldrum & Co
28 August – 22 September 2021
works in this exhibition were on loan from private collections and were not or sale
Colin Colahan 1897-1987
John Farmer 1897-1989
Jock Frater 1890-1974
Harley Griffiths 1908-1981
Graeme Inson 1923-2000
Percy Leason 1889-1959
Max Meldrum 1875-1955
Lloyd Rees 1895-1988
Arnold Shore 1897-1963
Hayward Veal 1913-1968
Roland Wakelin 1887-1971
Max Meldrum (1875–1955) was one of Australia’s most famous artists of his day who won the Archibald Prize for Portraiture in both 1939 and 1940
Inspired by European artists of previous generations such as Velazquez, Rembrandt and Corot, Meldrum was much more interested in the tonal variations (darkness & light) of the subject rather than in drawing skill or use of colour
Particularly influential in Melbourne where he was once the President of the Victorian Artists Society, he also established an art school in Melbourne’s CBD in 1916. His enthusiastic and effective teaching style gained him followers which allowed him to pass on his ideas about painting
Students of Meldrum included Clarice Beckett, Colin Colahan, Archibald and Amalie Colquhoun, Polly Hurry, Justus Jorgensen, Percy Leason, Betty and Esther Paterson, and Arnold Shore (who later became a pioneer of Australian modernism). Hayward Veal was also a student who subsequently established an art school in Sydney called The Meldrum School
Others influenced by Meldrum but who didn’t necessarily attend classes at his school included Lloyd Rees, Roy De Maistre and Roland Wakelin
Max Meldrum
Self Portrait at 75 1950
44.5×36cm oil on board
Roland Wakelin
Nocturne, Neutral Bay 1947
46×56cm oil on canvas laid down on board
John Farmer (1875-1955)
Still Life c1943
24×29cm oil on canvas on board
Graeme Inson
Cathedral, Segovia (The Lady of Cathedrals) c1990
77×63.5cm oil on canvas on board
Colin Colahan
Storm over Cassis 1948
38×45cm oil on panel
Graeme Inson
Zinnias 1990
59.5×49cm oil on board
Colin Colahan
Ayhno 1939
30×40cm oil on canvas on board
Jock Frater
Trees & Creek
59×50cm oil on board
Colin Colahan
Lyme Regis – Low Tide – Dorset c.1939
36.5×44.5cm oil on panel
Max Meldrum (1875-1955)
Still Life, Roses 1951
46×36cm oil on board
Harley Griffiths
Low tide, Lyme Regis 1950
20×35cm oil on canvas board
Harley Griffiths
Blanes boats by the sea 1955
28×35cm oil on canvasboard
Arnold Shore
After Rain 1946
27×38cm oil on board
Hayward Veal
Shipping Blackwattle Bay 1945
65×85cm oil on canvas
Lloyd Rees
From the Terrace Morning Tuscany 1973
46×62.7cm watercolour & pencil on paper
Max Meldrum
Pont Neuf, Paris, Hiver 1929
32×39cm oil on board
Max Meldrum
Self Portrait 1944
43.5×33cm oil on canvas on board
Max Meldrum
The Haystacks Pacé France 1912
32×40cm oil on canvas on board
Hayward Veal
The Lighthouse
34.5×49.5cm oil on canvas
Hayward Veal (1913-1968)
Still Life (Camellias) 1943
60×50cm oil on board
$15,000
Percy Leason
Mooring… New Haven 1956
51×41cm oil on canvas on board
Hayward Veal
Still Life with Orange
45×60.5cm oil on canvasboard
Hayward Veal
Still Life Fruit Bowl
35×51cm oil on canvas
Jock Frater
House and Garden
64×53cm oil on canvas
Hayward Veal
Rainy Day Sydney Harbour 1946
38×45.5cm oil on board
Max Meldrum
Bures 1927
31.5×40cm oil on canvasboard
Hayward Veal
Daisies
49.5×39cm oil on canvas
$3,600
