A watercolour landscape of a road snaking through green hills with lilac sky occupying large part of the picture

The Collection of Dr Samuel Arthur Ewing

Name: The Collection of Dr Samuel Arthur Ewing
Start: 2010-11-12T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2011-02-26T23:00:00.000Z
Location: The Potter Museum of Art,

When

13 Nov 2010 – 27 Feb 2011

This exhibition has now ended.

Location

The Potter Museum of Art, Cnr of Swanston St and Masson Rd, Parkville

Presented to the University of Melbourne Union in 1938, the Ewing Collection comprises fifty-six paintings, prints and drawings by major nineteenth and early twentieth-century artists. By donating the collection to the university, it was Ewing's intention that these works instruct Australians in a love of their country.

The themes of nationhood and identity remain central to Australian visual culture today, and this exhibition provided an opportunity to consider the changing values in the interpretation of Australian art.

Curated by Bala Starr.

Banner Image:
Harold Herbert, Sunburst 1937, watercolour on paper 32.6 x 31.8 cm. The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Gift of Dr Samuel Arthur Ewing 1938. © Reproduction enquiries should be forwarded to The Ian Potter Museum of Art.