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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  The Estate of Martin Sachs
• Sale Date:
  08 Mar 2022 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  1
• Lot Description:
  Jane Sutherland
  (1853 - 1928)
  Girls picking blackberries
  pastel and gouache on board
  23.5 x 29.5cm
  signed lower right
• Notes:
  Sutherland was a landscape painter who was part of the pioneering plein-air movement in Australia, and a member of the Heidelberg School. Her advocacy for the advancement of the professional standing of female artists during the late nineteenth century was also a notable achievement. Sutherland was the leading female artist in the group of Melbourne painters who worked outside the studio; she took plein-air sketching trips to the outlying rural districts of Alphington, Templestowe and Box Hill with her male contemporaries of the Heidelberg School. Unlike her contemporaries, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder, Sutherland, as a female, was unable to stay with the men at the campsites overnight, and instead made day journeys to the campsites. Sutherland’s body of work mainly focused on Australian landscapes, with the inclusion of women and children interacting with nature. Narrative is suggestive in her works as she leaves an impression of the land and her figures turn away from the viewer. Despite her efforts and success, Sutherland found difficulties in being considered a serious and professional artist. Sutherland was forced to price her paintings at a tenth of the value of her male peers. Very few are held in private collections.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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