James Northfield collection [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 3061873
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- ca. 1920-ca. 1970
- 17 photographs : b&w ; 36 x 25 cm. or smaller.
- 5 prints : col. ; 37 x 28 cm. or smaller.
- 5 paintings ; 32 x 41 cm. or smaller.
- 3 drawings : pencil, pen and ink ; 27 x 33 cm. or smaller.
- Summary:
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Collection of original art works and prints by James Northfield as well as photographs of him and his family. The signed original works include an oil painting, a watercolour landscape, pen and ink sketches of rural and street scenes, and a portrait of an unidentified man. The collection also includes 2 unsigned preliminary gouache sketches, possibly source works for posters. Two of the prints and 1 photograph are examples of Northfield's poster and advertising work. There is also 1 print by Norman Rockwell in the collection. Three of the photographs, including one by Wolfgang Sievers, show Northfield himself; other family members pictured include wife Grace and daughter Leila. Some of the photographs show Leila in school sporting teams in 1928 or 1929. Also included are 2 photographs of an Anglican church interior, possibly in Melbourne.
- Biography/History:
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James Northfield is one of Australia's most famous poster artists. Northfield was born in Geelong and after training at the Geelong Technical School he served an apprenticeship with the Melbourne printing firm of F.W. Niven as a lithographic artist. In the early 1930s he set up his own studio in Melbourne. In the 1950s, he won the prize for a cover design for the prospectus of the Art Training Institute, of which he was chief director of studies. Northfield took up painting in oils after the second World War and a number of his loosely impressionistic paintings were reproduced on Australian National Travel Association posters. (Information taken from http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun/artists/northfield.html)
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisitions documentation, see file NLA/15936.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148682219
- Related Material:
- Papers of James Northfield; located at; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection MS 9831.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 2003.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Northfield, James, 1887-1973
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- Copyright restrictions may apply.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2043 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1973
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1970
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