Watercolour
Painting
Frame
Maker & role
Len Bourne (b.1909, d.2005), Artist
Production date
1953
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Object detail
Title
Vaucluse House stables, 1953
Production place
Collection
Measurements
1 - Watercolour, H: 41 x W: 33.4cm (H: 410 x W: 334mm); 2 - Frame, H: 34.4 x W: 26.3cm (H: 344 x W: 263mm)
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Signature & marks
Artist’s signature lower left; ‘L. Bourne 53’.
Credit line
Gift, Marjorie Gilmour, 2004
Vaucluse House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Vaucluse House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Vaucluse House stables, 1953
Description
The picture was admired by and subsequently given to Marjorie (then) Dennison when she was a neighbour of Len Bourne and his family in Cambridge Avenue, Vaucluse after 1946. It was one of a series of views around the Vaucluse area completed as part of regular Sunday morning classes run by Doug Pratt for 20 or so aspiring local painters. Pratt and Bourne had enjoyed a long association: they met at the Sydney Technical College, where Pratt was tutoring, in the 1930s, and renewed their acquaintance after the war. Bourne had always been interested in sketching and frequently took pencils and paper on bush-walking trips in the 1930s to the Blue Mountains, where he collected data for a Burragorang tourist map. He was encouraged to tackle watercolour painting by Pratt in the 1950s. (See oral history by Lynne Morgan, November 2004)
This picture was given to Mrs Marjorie Gilmour (nee Dennison) in the 1950s when she was a neighbour of the Bournes in Cambridge Avenue, Vaucluse. It was one of a series of views of the Vaucluse area painted during regular Sunday morning classes run by the artist Douglas Pratt (1900-1972) for a group of 20 or so aspiring local painters. Pratt and Bourne had enjoyed a long association: they had met at Sydney Technical College, where Pratt was tutoring, in the 1930s and renewed their acquaintance after the war. Bourne had always been interested in sketching and in the 1930s frequently took pencils and paper on bush-walking trips to the Blue Mountains. He was encouraged to try watercolour painting by Pratt in the 1950s.
This picture was given to Mrs Marjorie Gilmour (nee Dennison) in the 1950s when she was a neighbour of the Bournes in Cambridge Avenue, Vaucluse. It was one of a series of views of the Vaucluse area painted during regular Sunday morning classes run by the artist Douglas Pratt (1900-1972) for a group of 20 or so aspiring local painters. Pratt and Bourne had enjoyed a long association: they had met at Sydney Technical College, where Pratt was tutoring, in the 1930s and renewed their acquaintance after the war. Bourne had always been interested in sketching and in the 1930s frequently took pencils and paper on bush-walking trips to the Blue Mountains. He was encouraged to try watercolour painting by Pratt in the 1950s.
Accession number
V2004/9-1:2
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