New find: it appears George French Angas trimmed the left edges of two paintings to remove S T Gill's signature for his 1846 London exhibition. Paintings considered to be Angas's best, evidence shows, are actually by Gill. In this new overview I examine Gill's work for and relationship with Angas, 1844 to 1852. Gill as ghost artist. Much praise bestowed on Angas has rightly belonged to #S_T_Gill. #colonialArt #historyAU #artHistoryAU #ozGLAM #catalogueRaisonne
My new article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_artist_for_George_French_Angas.htm
This is one of the earliest street scenes in #Adelaide - from 1840. It's in Hindley St where the Grand Chancellor is now. (From #StateLibraryNSW collection.)
These are among the early #SouthAustralia works by #S_T_Gill. This new article accompanies the early narrative I've just added to the project. #1840s #colonialArtAU #catalogueRaisonne
https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Works_1839_to_1844.htm
S. T. Gill is arguably Australia's most recognisable colonial artist. He was in #SouthAustralia from 1839 to 1851. With two new narrative articles and a new catalogue article, I've now mostly finished my many years work on this period. The narratives are a particularly fresh look at the artist within an economic context. A different and online approach to #catalogueRaisonne. #artHistory #S_T_Gill #1840s
My new article (narrative starting point): https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_Early_Narrative_1839_to_1842.htm
S T Gill's life and times in South Australia, 1839 to 1842. A narrative, with familial, economic and art scene context for Gill's early years. Highlighting Gill's clients and connections such as John Horrocks, Governor Gawler and posted army officers.
Welcome to my project on arguably Australia's most recognisable colonial artist, Samuel Thomas Gill. It's a blend of #catalogueRaisonné, biography, historical narrative and map atlas. The scope is from Gill's arrival in #SouthAustralia in 1839 up to his early time at the Victorian gold diggings in 1852-53.
Project update: Six articles on the diggings are now complete except for pending visits to Sydney and Adelaide to check on some undigitised sources. Good progress on at least two articles for 1839-1844 gap.
Later this year I'll write some more reflective material and some of particular interest post 1853.
You can follow the hashtag #S_T_Gill for updates - you don't need to follow me.
#historyAU #1840s #1850s #VictoriaAU #colonialArtAU #historicalMapping #catalogueRaisonne #biography
https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill
New Article: Reimagining the Catalogue Raisonné as Generative Digital Scholarship
This paper explores how digital catalogues raisonnés can transform traditional formats, enabling transparency, inclusivity, and dynamic narratives. A fresh take on revisiting historical events in the digital age.
https://dahj.org/article/reimagining-the-catalogue-raisonne
#DigitalHumanities #ArtHistory #CatalogueRaisonné #ScholarlyPublishing #LinkedData
#FakeOrFortune is being repeated on #ABCTVAU and the William Nicholson “Glass Jug” episode reflects badly on the expert. A clear gulf between weight of evidence and critical thinking on the one hand and an “expert’s feeling” on the other.
See feedback on the controversy at https://www.williamnicholson.net/post/fake-or-fortune-sparks-controversy
On 12 August, BBC1 broadcast the first programme in Series 7 of Fake or Fortune, focusing their attentions on William Nicholson, describing him as one of the leading artists of his generation. The team examined a painting called Glass Jug with Pears that had been purchased as a William Nicholson from Browse & Darby, a London gallery with close historical connections to William Nicholson. They presented their evidence to Patricia Reed, the author of the definitive work on Nicholson, William Nic
The ST Gill Project: An ongoing project of original research on Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), Australian colonial artist, presented in online formats.
Read About the ST Gill Project – how it started, how it's going, rationale, scope, approach, method, content, how to access content and acknowledgements.
I've just added an "about" page: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/about.htm
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