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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Painting "Young boy with a dog"

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Anthea da Silva

2016

Overview

Acrylic painting on canvas of a young boy with a dog.

Historical information

This painting is based on a photograph of George Maley (GMME0584) held in the museum collection. It was painted by Anthea da Silva at Geraldton in February 2016 and displayed in her exhibition "Retro-Version" held at the Greenough Museum & Gardens from 11 to 30 March 2016.

George Morrison Maley (19/10/1899- 08/01/1976), the oldest son of John Morrison and Ethel Maley (nee Clinch) was born at Greenough, and grew up in Northampton.

Anthea Da Silva (b.1958, Victoria) has always drawn and painted, with a special interest in portraiture & figurative work. A fascination in anatomy, physiology and kinesiology has seen her blend careers in pediatrtric occupational therapy, tertiary Visual Arts teaching, Regional & Community Art Gallery programming. Anthea has facilitated arts workshops in WA, Victoria and NSW; and has developed large-scale urban art and video projection artwork, worked as an arts lobbyist, and as an artistic director/ facilitator with festival teams.

Anthea da Silva is now a portrait artist of note in Australia and in January 2020 she was the winner of the National Gallery’s Darling Portrait Prize.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB0120

Item type

Acrylic Paintings

Themes

Art and Design
People

Material

Width

1000 mm

Height or length

1490 mm

Depth

10 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Signed "da Silva" on side.

Contextual Information

Having the painting and the photograph on which it is based in the collection allows for comparative analysis of means of depiction, 100 years apart.

Keywords

Maley, da Silva

Place made

Geraldton
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

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