John Glover (1767 – 1849)

John Glover

(1767 – 1849)

17th – 31st January 2020

Extended until 7th February,
due to popular demand

Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works by renowned colonial landscape artist John Glover, opened by Dr David Hansen, Associate Professor of Art History & Theory at the Australian National University and author of John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque.

Also on show is a selection of works by Tasmanian colonials, including William Buelow Gould (1803 – 1853), William Charles Piguenit (1836 – 1914) and Haughton Forrest (1826 – 1925), accompanied by bronze sculptures by David Mackay Harrison (b. 1941)

19102 Haughton Forrest (1826 – 1925) ‘Fishing Creek, West Highlands of Scotland’ Oil on canvas 114 x 70 cm Signed

19090 Haughton Forrest (1826-1925) (Yachts of the Friar’s, Bruny Island, Tasmania) Oil on canvas 29 x 50 cm Inscribed verso

20002 John Glover (1767 – 1849) (Traveller on a Donkey, Italy) Watercolour on paper 23.4 x 33.3 cm Exhibited: Andrew

20001 John Glover (1767 – 1849) (Landscape) Pencil and wash on paper 20.5 x 29.3 cm Provenance: From a broken sketchbook

19105 John Glover (1767 – 1849) (Landscape with Cattle Herders) Watercolour on paper 61 x 91 cm Make enquiry

19101 John Glover (1767 – 1849) (An Italianate Classical Landscape) Oil on canvas 75 x 114 cm Provenance: Collection of

17069 John Glover (1767 – 1849) ‘A View of Cader Idris, Snowdonia, Wales’ Oil on canvas 65 x 87 cm

19098 John Glover (1767 – 1849) (Portrait of a Welsh Girl: ‘Taken on a Market Day at Conway in 1796’)

19099 John Glover (1767 – 1849) (Milking Time, near St. Michaels, Lichfield) Watercolour on paper 56 x 88 cm Make

18065 John Glover (1767 – 1849) (Lake District , England) Oil on canvas 52 x 73 cm Make enquiry

19044 Ken Knight (b. 1956) “Hobart from the Foothills of Mt. Wellington” Oil on board 50 x 29 cm Signed

16069 Att. Reverend William Horatio Walsh (1812 – 1882) (The Convict Ship Asia) 1850 Ink wash with Chinese white on

19042 Ken Knight (b. 1956) “Stormy Light – Battery Point and Mt. Nelson” Oil on board 22 x 63 cm

04125 Achille Buzzi (Italian, 19th century) (The Cardinal and the Jesuit) Gouache on paper 75.0 x 52.5 cm (sight) Signed

04275 Richard Jarman (1808 – 1877) “Weaver & Co., manufacturing chemists and perfumery, Wellington Bridge, Hobart Town” Copper engraving on

09207 Henry Curzon Allport (1788-1854) “In Wales” 1811 Watercolour on paper 41 x 58.5 cm Signed & dated lower right:

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Masterpiece Gallery specialises in high quality works from artists around the world. Over 40 years ago, following a varied career in farming, mining, the newsprint and airline industries, director Nevin Hurst began a career in the world of fine art and antiques, eventuating in opening the Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery for business in 1975. The Gallery today houses some of the finest arrays of investment art to be found in the state of Tasmania. The coverage is broad, although specialising in Australian art from colonial to contemporary. The stock also includes colonial antiques, old master drawings, Chinese antiques, European oils and watercolors etc.