Thursday, September 5, 2024

Severini - Waller - Trompf - Shadbolt

Gino Severini
Still Life
1916
oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago

Gino Severini
Commedia dell'Arte (Pulcinello)
ca. 1922-24
oil on canvas
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

Gino Severini
Untitled
ca. 1925
lithograph
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Gino Severini
Untitled
ca. 1930
lithograph
Rijksmuseum, Twenthe

Napier Waller
The Shepherd
ca. 1925
linocut
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Napier Waller
Hit
1923
linocut
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Napier Waller
"I'll put a girdle round about the Earth"
1933
oil on canvas (mural)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Napier Waller
The Pastoral Pursuits of Australia
1927
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Percy Trompf
Adelaide, South Australia
ca. 1930
lithograph (poster)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Percy Trompf
Kangaroo Paws, Western Australia
ca. 1930
lithograph (poster)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Percy Trompf
Off to the North
ca. 1935
lithograph (poster)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Percy Trompf
The Seaside Calls
ca. 1935
lithograph (poster)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Jack Shadbolt
Jardin Noir (part 1)
1994
lithograph
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia

Jack Shadbolt
Jardin Noir (part 2)
1994
lithograph
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia

Jack Shadbolt
Night Field
1982
acrylic on canvas
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia

Jack Shadbolt
Pastoral
1986
acrylic on canvas
Museum London, Ontario

Song

Fish in the unruffled lakes
Their swarming colours wear,
Swans in the winter air
A white perfection have,
And the great lion walks
Through his innocent grove;
Lion, fish and swan
Act, and are gone
Upon Time's toppling wave.

We, till shadowed days are done,
We must weep and sing
Duty's conscious wrong,
The Devil in the clock,
The goodness carefully worn
For atonement or for luck;
We must lose our loves,
On each beast and bird that moves
Turn an envious look.

Sighs for folly done and said
Twist our narrow days,
But I must bless, I must praise
That you, my swan, who have
All gifts that to the swan
Impulsive Nature gave,
The majesty and pride,
Last night should add
Your voluntary love. 

– W.H. Auden (1936)