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The Exhibition
The National Library of Australia acquired the majority of Rowan's painted estate the year after her death in 1922, and the exhibition draws heavily on this pre-eminent collection. Guest curator Patricia Fullerton has selected over 160 works spanning the artists life and favoured mediums. Ninety-five exemplary watercolor and gouache paintings from the National Librarys collection include the extraordinary New Guinea paintings of stinkhorn fungus, birds of paradise and rampant plant life. Rowans prize-winning oil painting Chrysanthemums (1888) is publicly exhibited for the first time since it was awarded the First Order of Merit and Gold Medal at the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition held in the Melbourne Exhibition Building.
The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowan also includes the most comprehensive display of the rare Ellis Rowan Royal Worcester painted ceramics ever exhibited. Over 45 examples are exhibited alongside designs from the Royal Worcester factory, painted silk placemats and striking gilded mocha cups and saucers painted with Australian finches. Ellis Rowan painted more species of Australian and international flora than any other artist of her era and, at her best, produced some of the most powerfully arresting flower paintings recorded in Australian art. Australian TourThe tour of this exhibition is made possible by Visions of Australia
National Library of Australia, Canberra Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, VIC South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA
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