Portsmouth
circa 1881
oil on academy board
Signed with anchor monogram lower left
19.6 x 39.7cm
PROVENANCE
N.R. Omell, LondonPhilip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
EXHIBITED
Isaac Walter Jenner, 1836-1902, Queensland’s “lost” colonial
artist, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 4 October - 5 November 1994, catalogue
number 14
“In 1883 Jenner migrated to Brisbane with his wife and seven children.
As an alternative to the genteel struggle to succeed in the Home Counties, the
young colony offered the chance of fame and security, an attractive lure to a
man bent on self-improvement and a place in society.
Originally a sailor, he left the Royal Navy in 1865 after eleven years’ service
to devote himself to art. His knowledge and love of ships and the sea made it
inevitable that he should be, above all else, a marine painter, and equally that
his work should reflect the Romantic grandeur and colour of J.M.W. Turner.
Jenner led an active life in colonial Queensland where he raised the
public’s
awareness of art through exhibitions and by the founding of the Queensland Art
Society. His activities contributed to the establishment of the Queensland National
Art Gallery in 1895. Jenner also offered help and encouragement to younger artists,
including J.J. Hilder”.
REFERENCE
Isaac Walter Jenner, 1836-1902, Queensland’s “lost” colonial
artist (exhibition catalogue) Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 1994 pages 2-3,
illustrated
Gavin Fry and Bronwyn Mahoney, Isaac Walter Jenner, The Beagle Press, Sydney,
1994 pages 12-13, illustrated page 24, plate number 11
REPRESENTED
Queensland Art Gallery National Library of Australia, Canberra
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