Rosemary Valadon 2010 Invite

Press Release: Rosemary's Garden - under the apricot tree

Eva Breuer Art Dealer is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of new paintings by Rosemary Valadon, Rosemary’s Garden - under the apricot tree. Following a sell-out show in 2009 of beautiful and delicate teacups, Valadon’s new paintings invite the viewer into her garden, which she describes as an "embracing environment for sharing with friends and family." Having gone through major health issues this year, Valadon has found "nourishment and solace in the things around [her]: the quiet moments in the garden, the fading light of the sunset, the tea ceremony, the call of the birds." Valadon established her garden in 2005 when she made Hill End her home. Boasting the "best apricots in town," under the apricot tree is a place for "meditative moments."

As part of the AGNSW prestigious Hill End Artists-in-Residence Program, Valadon spent a short time in a cottage once occupied by the artists Jean Bellette and Paul Haefliger. She continues the artistic legacy of Hill End which was established in the late forties by well-known artists including Donald Friend, David Strachan, Margaret Olley and Russell Drysdale.

Rosemary Valadon’s works are held in numerous public and corporate collections around the country including the National Portrait Gallery, Macquarie University, Muswellbrook Art Prize Collection and BHP Billiton. She has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize and Mosman Art Prize multiple times and has won the Portia Geach Memorial Award and Blake Religious Art Prize.

New Addition to the 2010 Exhibition Schedule

Rosemary Valadon: New Work 2010
Opening 28 August 2010, 3-5PM

Press: Valadon - Sydney Morning Herald

Press Release: Rosemary Valadon

Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Euphoria; The Tea Party
Opening Saturday 17 October 2009, 3-5PM

Eva Breuer Art Dealer is pleased to announce the opening of exhibition of new paintings by Rosemary Valadon, Euphoria; The Tea Party. The lush works depict richly painted floral teacups, and centre around the pleasures, comfort and ceremony of drinking tea.

Valadon has taken her inspiration for these works from a source most would consider disheartening rather than uplifting – the recent economic downturn. The half full/half empty cups invite the viewer to discover if they view the world in an optimistic or pessimistic way, while in some of the works such as Gypsy Rose the cups themselves seem to jut out of the picture plane, suggesting that one could jump into them and drown their sorrows. The richness of the exteriors of cups of Euphoria, American Beauty and Arcadia, amongst others, provide an antidote to recessional thinking, a quiet moment of lush beauty and excess. And, as the economy picks up, and spring arrives, the lone piece of lemon (which sometimes appears in the cup) is being joined by various spring blossoms – pear, apple, and nectarine.

Valadon, herself an indulgent tea drinker, has included teacups in her paintings for years and has always loved beautiful china. After commencing this series Valadon has been loaned and given favourite cups from many of her friends and family.

Rosemary Valadon’s works are held in numerous public and corporate collections around the country including that of the National Portrait Gallery, Macquarie University, Muswellbrook Art Prize Collection and BHP Billiton. She has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize and Mosman Art Prize multiple times, and has won the Portia Geach Memorial Award and Blake Religious Art Prize.

Gallery News 12 August: David Boyd, Victor Rubin, contemporary Aboriginal paintings

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New in the gallery

David Boyd (b.1924)

David Boyd (b.1924)
Europa above the East Coast 1996
Oil on board
100 x 90 cm
Signed lower left: David Boyd
Provenance: The Artist
no.0757

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David Boyd (b.1924)
Two Children in red with apple II
Oil on board
16.5 x 19cm
Signed lower left: David Boyd
Provenance: The Artist
no.3741

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David Boyd (b.1924)
Two Children with apple and orange
Oil on board
16.5 x 19cm
Signed lower left: David Boyd
Provenance: The Artist
no.3740

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Current exhibition

Zhong Chen (b.1969)

Zhong Chen (b.1969)

Beijing Girl 9 2009
Oil on linen
120 x 100 cm
no.10664

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Congratulations to Rosemary Valadon
& Samuel Wade

Finalists in the Mosman Art Prize

Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Afternoon Delight 2009

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Samuel Wade (b.1979)
Untitled 2009
oil on canvas
112 x 61 cm

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Brenda Humble (b.1933)

Brenda Humble
Love Heart
Mild steel 1/4
60 x 30 x 9cm
Signed 'Humble 96', editioned and titled on base
no.8860

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Important Australian Paintings

Ray Crooke (b.1922)

Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49 cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10537

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Upcoming exhibition

Victor Rubin (b.1950)

The small masonite paintings
from Riane Street
Bondi Junction 1974-1976

To be opened by Garry Shead
Saturday 22 August 3-5pm

Victor Rubin (b.1950)
Venus of the Night 1975
Oil on masonite
23 x 31.5cm

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Victor Rubin (b.1950)
The Writer, 1974
oil and collage on masonite
30.5 x 38 cm

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Upcoming exhibition

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views

Opening Saturday 12th September, 3-5PM

Tony Irving (b.1939)
Watching and waiting in Rome 2009
oil on linen
137 x 185.5cm

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Sale Section

Jean Appleton (1911 - 2003)

Jean Appleton (1911 - 2003)
Early Morning Light c.1978
Oil on board
78 x 99 cm
no.5100

Jean Appleton is represented in many state and regional galleries as well as other public collections in Australia and overseas including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She was the recipient of many coveted awards including the inaugural Portia Geach Memorial Prize in 1965.

“Jean Appleton’s practice has always tended to still lifes and landscape, and since the mid-1970s at least she has been almost exclusively involved in painting interiors – works which at one level vary little in the flowers, fruits, furniture, jugs and drapery they utilise – and yet provide, as the still-life genre has traditionally done, endless possibilities for the artist to contemplate reality, experiment visually, and construct a vocabulary of creative expression."

Reference: Simpson, Caroline Jean Appleton: a lifetime with art, Woollahra, N.S.W, 1998 pp.89

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Brian Dunlop (b.1938)

Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Rilanchi 1982
Gouache on paper
54 x 72 cm
no.s4535

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Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Curtain 1980
Oil on canvas
140.5 x 111.5 cm
no. 2214

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Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings

Eunice Jack Napanagka (b.1940)

Eunice Jack Napanagka (b.1940)
Hairstring
Acrylic on linen
182 x 137cm
Provenance: Ikuntji Art Centre
Ikuntji reference no. 08EJ143
no.10357

This is a colourful depiction of the hairstring made by Luritja women during law meetings and festivals. There is great significance and value placed upon hairstring within central desert culture, from hunting bags to decoration of young women, it features prominently in many of Eunice's works.

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Alice Nampitjinpa (b.1943)

Alice Nampitjinpa (b.1943)
Rockholes near Talaalpi Swamp
Acrylic on linen
182 x 81cm
Provenance: Ikuntji Art Centre
Ikuntji reference no. 07AN333
no.10004

This work shows the rockholes of the artists country - Talaalpi - in Western Australia. This area is in habited by the porcupine, which is Alice's Tjukurrpa (personal dreaming). The porcupine scurries from rockhole to rockhole searching for food, meanwhile it is being tracked by the local Luitja women who are looking for their evening meal.

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Eubena Nampitjin (born c.1921)

Eubena Nampitjin (b. c.1921)
Kunawarritjic
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100cm
Warlayirti Artists # 860/04
verso: Warlayirti Artists 1000 x 1000
Eubena Nampitjin 860/04
no. 8597a

Eubena Nampitjin is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia.

Eubena has painted some of her country south west of Balgo, along the Canning Stock Route. The circle to the right of the painting represents Kunawarritji (Well 33) and is the place where Eubena would often hunt. The circle to left is a small tjurrnu and a place where women dance. The strong lines in the painting depict the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country.

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Jimmy Pike (1940-2002)

Jimmy Pike (1940-2002)
Parapara and Kurrkuminti
acrylic on canvas
75 x 60cm
verso: parapara and kurrkuminti
J Pike
no.10152

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Featured Graphic

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)
Macbeth
Silkscreen print 144/150
92 x 58cm (image size)
102 x 66.5cm (paper size)
no.1806

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Current Exhibition

August
Gallery 2: Winter Exhibition
Gallery 1: Zhong Chen


Upcoming Exhibitions

August
Gallery 1: Winter Exhibition
Gallery 2: Victor Rubin

September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed

October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch

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Rosemary Valadon - Mosman Art Prize Finalist

Rosemary Valadon, Afternoon Delight, 2009, Oil on canvas, 137 x 107 cm

Congratulations to Rosemary Valadon for being selected as a finalist in the 2009 Mosman Art Prize for his painting Afternoon Delight. Click here to view available works by Rosemary Valadon from Eva Breuer Art Dealer.

Collection: Still Life Paintings

Paintings by Margaret Olley, Judy Cassab, Charles Blackman, Roland Wakelin, Geoffrey Proud, Patrick Hockey, Brian Dunlop, Jean Sutherland, Justin O'Brien, Lisa Young, Rosemary Valadon, Brian Seidel, Victor Rubin, Don Rankin, Petra Reece, Mary Larnach-Jones, Zai Kuang, Elisabeth Kruger, Ena Joyce, Ross Harvey, Sarah Edmondson, Sophie Dunlop, Christopher Beaumont, Angela Abbot, Harold Abbot, Pam Sackville, and Jean Appleton.