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PAINTING RICHON VINEYARD CELLARS

1984
Overview

A brown, gold, and textured, wooden frame. The picture is a rural landscape, with a dilapidated, two storey, barn structure with a pergola on the side, built on the side of a hill, just below a wooded area. On the right of the picture are three male spikes from a balga bush, alongside a single fence post. Another row of posts stretches along both sides of the barn to the edge of the frame. Dark foliage along the base of the hill.

Historical information

This painting by Carolyn Thomas was purchased in c1984 by David and Kath Allen who were local residents and members of the Armadale Kelmscott Historical Society. Carolyn was a founding member of the Armadale Society of Artists.
Richon Vineyards was started in 1901 by J. Marian, with his nephew Anton. Known locally as the Slavonian Vineyard and later as Marian's Vineyard. A cellar was built in 1906, but almost burnt to the ground in 1914. It was rebuilt and extended, then sold to G.V.McCarthy in 1919, who renamed it the Richon Vineyards. The vineyard operated to 1955 when McCarthy sold the land for farming. The cellar slowly fell into disrepair but was a well-known landmark along the South West highway. The cellars were demolished in 1989 to make way for the Mount Richon subdivision.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2019.5
Themes
Art and Design
Environment
People
Photography
Popular Culture
Social History
Material
Wood
Width
495 mm
Height or length
650 mm
Inscriptions and markings

[Carolyn Thomas/84] Lower left.

Keywords
ALLEN Kath Mrs
Marion's Vineyard
Richon vineyards
THOMAS Carolyn
ALLEN David
TREDALE Avenue
SOUTH Western Highway
Year
1984
Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Painted by Carolyn Thomas in 1984. Painting is off the Richon Vineyard Cellars which was situated along South West Highway at Wongong in Armadale. Originally purchased for $150 by David and Kath Allen, local residents and members of the Armadale Kelmscott Historical Society and displayed in their Armadale home. The painting provides an artist representation of what the Vineyard and landscape looked like before the cellar was demolished in 1989 to make way for the Mount Richon subdivision.
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