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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  28 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 617
  29 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 618 - 1216
• Lot #:
  730
• Lot Description:
  Thomas Clark (Attrib.)
  (Britain, Australia, c.1814–1883)
  (At the Estate of Madame Pfund, Mount Macedon), c1868
  watercolour
  19 x 27.5cm
• Provenance:
  The estate of G. Page Cooper, auction at the Melbourne Town Hall, July 1936.
• Notes:
  Joshua McClelland attended the auction and wrote a review which was published in “The Argus” on July 10, 1936. Clark arrived in Victoria with his family probably in 1852; according to the Examiner and Melbourne Weekly News, 18 August 1860, he had been well known ‘amongst us for several years past’ and many of his paintings were in squatters’ homesteads. Certainly he had several pictures in the exhibition of the Society of Fine Arts in February 1857. His status established, he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Sir Henry Barkly, governor of Victoria in 1856-63, which was presented to the government in 1868 and is now in the National Gallery of Victoria. In 1869-70 he was briefly instructor in figure drawing at the Carlton School of Design. In 1870 Clark was appointed drawing-master in the newly-created School of Design connected with the National Gallery. The Swiss-born Madame Elise Pfund (1833–1921) was the wife of James Pfund, the architect and Victorian Surveyor-General. In 1867 Elise Pfund established Oberwyl, a highly regarded girls’ private school in St Kilda, which continued to operate until 1931. The school was named after her home village in Switzerland, and the institution gained a reputation for its French culture. Together with her husband, Madame Pfund was one of the important patrons of Tom Roberts. Around this time Roberts also painted several portraits of Madame Pfund’s husband, James.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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