Description: Roland Shakespeare Wakelin
(1887-1971)
At Chatswood 1924
Oil on board
Signed & dated lower left
Titled verso
32.5 x 24 cm
PROVENANCE:
Beth Mayne Studio Shop, 1972
The Estate of the Late Frank Coe
EXHIBITIONS:
Possibly: A Group of Modern Painters, Grosvenor Galleries, Cat. no. 20, as "Holland Street Chatswood"
LITERATURE:
Watson, Anne, The Art of Roland Wakelin Vol. II, Sydney 1975, Catalogue Raisonne Cat no. 54 Illus pl 42.
Wakelin returned to Sydney in October 1924. This & other works produced immediately following his return reflect more deifinitely than in England, the influence of Cezanne - particularly in brush technique & the role it plays in construction & form, creating depth, movement etc. This (work)...indicates the beginnings of a more lively, dynamic approach that was to determine the nature of many future works.