PAINTING: 'STRANRAER', JOHN CAMPBELL

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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

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1992.128

Item type

Artworks

Material

Canvas

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.

Keywords

CAMPBELL John

Architecture

Brown Family

Roberts Road (285), Subiaco

Subiaco

Tall Tree Early Learning

Townshend Road

Roberts Road, Subiaco

Place made

Western Australia

Year

1909

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.

Aesthetic: Historic: Social: Condition: Interpretive: Provenance: Rarity: Representativeness:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Geotag

-31.944915864614, 115.8284335074

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