Sydney
LONG
Australia
1871
–
London
1955
England, Europe 1910-21; Australia 1921- 22; England 1922-25; Australia 1925-52; England from 1952
35.5 (h) x 51.0 (w) cm
signed ‘SID LONG/ 1917’ lower right Wollongong City Art Gallery, purchased through the George and Nerissa Johnson Memorial Bequest 1994
The scene in A glimpse of Gerringong beach is viewed through decoratively arched trees. The watercolour is applied cleanly, with some blotting to convey the texture of the trees, and with a use of white highlights to indicate the path.
Gerringong is a town on the south coast of New South Wales, near Kiama. Initially the land was settled for the purposes of felling cedar trees, and subsequently for dairy farming. Today it is visited more often for recreation, with its golden beaches offering opportunities for swimming, surfing and fishing.
The subject is Australian, but it was not a place that Long is known to have frequented. Indeed, the date suggests that he painted this watercolour in England during the war. It is one of a number of works he painted around this time based on photographs and sent back to Australia for sale. On 14 July 1915, he sent his dealer Adolph Albers two works, ‘Through the trees Jerringong’ and ‘Landscape Jerringong’, which were presumably also based on photographs.
The scene in A glimpse of Gerringong beach is viewed through decoratively arched trees. The watercolour is applied cleanly, with some blotting to convey the texture of the trees, and with a use of white highlights to indicate the path.
Gerringong is a town on the south coast of New South Wales, near Kiama. Initially the land was settled for the purposes of felling cedar trees, and subsequently for dairy farming. Today it is visited more often for recreation, with its golden beaches offering opportunities for swimming, surfing and fishing.
The subject is Australian, but it was not a place that Long is known to have frequented. Indeed, the date suggests that he painted this watercolour in England during the war. It is one of a number of works he painted around this time based on photographs and sent back to Australia for sale. On 14 July 1915, he sent his dealer Adolph Albers two works, ‘Through the trees Jerringong’ and ‘Landscape Jerringong’, which were presumably also based on photographs.
The scene in A glimpse of Gerringong beach is viewed through decoratively arched trees. The watercolour is applied cleanly, with some blotting to convey the texture of the trees, and with a use of white highlights to indicate the path.
Gerringong is a town on the south coast of New South Wales, near Kiama. Initially the land was settled for the purposes of felling cedar trees, and subsequently for dairy farming. Today it is visited more often for recreation, with its golden beaches offering opportunities for swimming, surfing and fishing.
The subject is Australian, but it was not a place that Long is known to have frequented. Indeed, the date suggests that he painted this watercolour in England during the war. It is one of a number of works he painted around this time based on photographs and sent back to Australia for sale. On 14 July 1915, he sent his dealer Adolph Albers two works, ‘Through the trees Jerringong’ and ‘Landscape Jerringong’, which were presumably also based on photographs.
