Fine Art

Abstract

The abstracts in the Fairview collection carry some of the finest work by South Australian artist Colin Russell Gardiner (1937 to 2015) who was a personal friend of William John…

Nudes

Mary M. Wigg (nee Lamphee) – South Australian Artist 1940s – 1970s Mary Millicent Lamphee was born at Kensington Park, South Australia, on 8 October 1904 to parents Phillip and…

Portraits

Richard McWhannell, born 1952 in Akaroa McWhannell graduated Diploma of Fine Arts form the University of Canterbury in 1972 and has been exhibiting regularly, particularly in Auckland and Wellington, since…

Industrial Life

Frank Carl Le Compte – Victorian Artist 1950s to 2000s Frank, a widower, died in 2009 at the age of 92, six months after staging his final exhibition of landscape…

Maritime Life

New Year’s Day 1788 Reimagined The story of First Fleeter James Morrisby is powerful. It has a strong emotional connection to the past and present owners of the Fairview Art…

Domestic Life

Andrew Douglas Ambrose Murrell – South Australian Artist 1980s South Australian oil painter Andrew Douglas Ambrose Murrell, b. 22 July 1945 had a brief but intense career as an artist…

Streetscapes/Houses

Yeo, Aurelie Jean (nee Shearer) Aurelie Jean Yeo (nee Shearer) was born in Nedlands, Perth in 1934 to an artist mother Muriel Shearer (nee Aitken) and a physicist father. In…

Landscapes

Maud Raphael Jones Stag on The Moor – 1886 – purchased 1986 Bradford Yorkshire, UK. Engagement present to TACM 1986 1863 – 1935 British 19th Century artist Maud Raphael Jones was…

Roses

Bayliss, Joan Janet (nee Twycross) 1925 – 2003 Dr Joan Janet Bayliss (nee Twycross) is an Australian artist, author, teacher and Clinical psychologist who was born in Rabaul, New Britain…

Flora and Botanicals

“We will remember them” Poppies are an everlasting symbol of hope, peace and sacrifice. One of the few flowers able to grow after the devastation of war, red poppies are…

Still Life

Celebrating International Women’s Day with a special podcast with a remarkable woman talking about one of her relatives, the talented South Australian and West Australian artist Marie Tuck (1866-1947). A…