Painting "Muddy Waters"

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Paul Lucas

1989

Overview

oil painting on canvas with timber frame

Historical information

View of the Greenough River and Old Walkaway Farm as seen from near the northern side of the Brand Highway Bridge. This painting was a prize winner of the Geraldton-Greenough Rotary Art Awards in 1989. It was purchased by the City of Geraldton for $600 and became part of the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery collection (Acc.No.95), until being transferred to this museum in 2015

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB0275

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

1355 mm

Height or length

735 mm

Depth

30 mm

Inscriptions and markings

signed "Paul Lucas 89" in lower right corner

Keywords

Greenough River, Old Walkaway

Place made

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1989

Statement of significance

The object '"Muddy Waters" oil painting by Paul Lucas' (GMOB0275) is a rare example and has very high aesthetic significance, given its (form, colour, texture). The item has low scientific significance, although being representative of the class ILLUSTRATIONS/Oil in good condition. The item has some historic significance but little interpretive value. This item has little social significance, and it was image of Old Walkaway Cottage (1989), image of Greenough River (1989),

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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