Storm on the Swan
Elise BLUMANN: artist
Elise Blumann, her husband and young son arrived in Western Australia in 1938. Her training in Germany had instilled a desire to express artistically her relationship with the natural environment. In Australia she painted the local landscape along the river at Nedlands, often using a huge melaleuca tree close to her home as a central motif. In this painting she has reduced the tree to a single gnarled and twisted mass, shaped by the river winds. All detail is eroded away. Blumann was a strong advocate of the importance of art education in the personal development of individuals, and she pursued this in her role as an art teacher.
Title
Storm on the Swan
Artist/Maker and role
Elise BLUMANN: artist
Date
1946
Medium
oil on paper on composition board
Measurements
56.5 x 66.5 cm (sight)
Credit line
Gift of Mrs Elizabeth Lefroy, 1984
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1984/0P11
View all works by Elise BLUMANN (Australian, b.1897, d.1990)
This is one of the paintings in our collection.
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Painting
Art
Visual arts
Illustration
Still life
Tree
Watercolor paint
Plant
Acrylic paint
Modern art