GEORGE LAMBERT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 AUD

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Description

George W. Lambert
FOUR DECORATIVE WOOD PANELS
One panel signed centre left; one inscribed 'Strive that our waning lives be filled with silver harmony', another inscribed 'When roll of years the bloom of life changeth from pink to grey'
Oil on cedar panels
Two 93.5 by 18.5 cm, two 46.5 by 18.5 cm
Painted in 1921

Provenance

Joseph Nield, Sydney
Christie's, Melbourne, 24 November 1992, Lot 241
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Fine Australian Paintings, Trevor Bussell Gallery, 29 October - 21 November 1987, no. 42, illus.

Literature

A. Gray, George Lambert (1873-1930) Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculpture, Drawings in Public Collections, Bonray Press, Perth, 1996, p. 106, p. 388

Catalogue Note

Painted on door panels for the home of George Lambert's second cousin Amy Nield and her husband Joseph, are scenes imbued with romanticism and energy. The flourish of blossoms and lovebirds creates an interlude and symbolic reflection of the outside panels, reflecting the phases of youth and old age. The panels are thought to relate to Joseph Nield's waning years and were believed to decorate a room with spectacular views across Sydney Heads.