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PAINTING: 'STRANRAER', JOHN CAMPBELL

1909
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Overview

Image: Oil painting of the house "Stranraer" at the corner of Roberts and Townshend Roads, executed in 1909 by John Campbell.

The impressive brick house has a corrugated iron roof, chimneys and two gables with plaster ornamentation, a return verandah, bull-nosed roofing and fretted woodwork. A short squat crenelated turret juts through the roof above front door.

There are small palm trees at right front reset to the winding garden path and a picket fence surrounds the property.

Signature: Signed 'JOHN CAMPBELL 1909' lower left.

Frame: The painting has gold mount and wooden frame with gold inner mount and glass.

Historical information

Artist John Campbell was born in Scotland in 1855 and came to Western Australia around 1900. He died in 1924.

'Stranraer' was built around 1900 on the corner of Roberts & Townshend Roads, Subiaco. It's first occupants were Samuel Brown, of Brown & Burns Bakery, and his family, who lived there until 1925. After its use as a family home, the building become a 'C' class hospital, and now operates as a children's day-care.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-1992.128
Item type
Material
Width
800 mm
Height or length
540 mm
Inscriptions and markings

John Campbell

Contextual Information

The painting was re-framed in 1989 and loaned to the Art Gallery of Western Australia from June to September 2003 for a John Campbell Exhibition.

Place made
Western Australia
Year
Statement of significance

This artwork records the early days of 'Stranraer', one of the earliest, which is still a landmark building in the area. The work of West Australian artist John Campbell, it is considered to be one of his more accomplished works.

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