WEB-ARTS
 

 


g


FELTON BEQUEST


WEB-ARTS presents Prints of Art works from the world's Galleries and Museums
You will be able to see the Print on this site and then visit the Gallery and see the original !

Visit the Official Site of the National Gallery of Victoria

On January 8 1904 Businessman Alfred Felton died leaving a bequest of 190,000 pounds ($40 million in today's money), with half the interest earned to be used to buy works for the gallery. Living in a modest bedroom in St Kilda's Esplanade Hotel his enormous bequest made the National Gallery of Victoria one of the most richly endowed Galleries in the British Empire. Born in England in 1831 Felton arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and accumulated his fortune as a merchant and a pharmaceutical manufacturer. He created a bottle works which is still here today as ACI, and also bought rural properties.
His Bequest enabled the National Gallery to build a comprehensive collection before art prices spiraled in the late 1950's, since his death over 15,000 works of art valued at over $1 billion have been purchased including works by Rembrandt, Willima Blake, Tiepolo, Monet, Cezanne, van Gogh, Turner and more.


Aquisitions include:
Pissarro: Boulevard Montmartre 1897 in 1905
Monet: Rough weather at Etretat 1888 in 1913
Sisley: Straw Ricks 1891 in 1913
Corot: The Bent Tree c 1855-1860 in 1907
Fredric Mc CUBBIN: The Pioneer in 1906
Norman MacGeorge: Mother of Pearl in 1907
Hans HEYSEN: Sunshine and Shadow in 1908
Hans HEYSEN: A Lod of the Bush
Hans HEYSEN: Midsummer Morning
Arthur STREETON: Sydney Harbour in 1912
Blamire: Young: Winter's Grey Mantle c1912
Fredric Mc CUBBIN: Lost
Clara Southern: The old bee farm c1900


John Poynter - an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Australia Centre at the University of Melbourne, has just written a book about Alfred Felton -
Mr Felton's Bequest - published by Melbourne University Press

The Felton Bequest is the most important benefaction in Australian art history, and this book details the life of Alfred Felton, an English merchant who lived in Melbourne during the 19th century and was an enormously successful businessman running the wholesale drugstore Felton, Grimwade & Co. during the gold rush. Detailed is how his bequests committee successfully doled out the inheritance to artistic and charitable organizations, despite the contentious public debate over what sorts of art works should be acquired for Melbourne's gallery. Primary sources including Felton's personal writings and the files from the bequests committee document the drama.


'a superb book . . . what the NGV failed to buy and the reasons for its acquisitions over the past 99 years make gripping reading in Poynter's book.'
Herald Sun - 21/11/2003

'In the magisterial biography Mr Felton's Bequests by John Poynter, Felton, the remarkable bachelor and visionary, is presented in comprehensive detail. A monumental study of an eccentric, generous and charitable man.'
Sydney Morning Herald - Favourite Reads of the Year 2003 lists, 6-7/12/2003

About the Author
John Poynter is an honorary professorial fellow in the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne. He is a former Ernest Scott professor of history and a deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne. He is the author of a biography of Russell Grimwade.



AMAZON.COM


These pictures are brought to you in association with
ALL POSTERS.COM in US and
PICTURESTORE.COM.AU in Australia
Click on the picture to purchase the print

These Australian works of art are now displayed at the New Ian Potter Centre,
National Gallery of Victoria, Federation Square

Artists Camp Sirius Cove
1899
original is on Canvas and is in the
National Gallery of Victoria
Felton Bequest 1943
PICTURESTORE.COM.AU

Arbour
1910
original is in the
National Gallery of Victoria
Felton Bequest
ALL POSTERS.COM

Buy Arbour at AllPosters.com

Pioneers
1904
original is in the
National Gallery of Victoria
Purchased by the Felton Bequest
PICTURESTORE.COM.AU

Shearing the Rams
1890
original is on Canvas and is in the
National Gallery of Victoria
Felton Bequest Fund 1932
PICTURESTORE.COM.AU

Golden Fleece Shearing
original is oil on canvas lined onto board and is in the
National Gallery of Victoria
Felton Bequest 1932
PICTURESTORE.COM.AU

*
THE ART BOOK
an alphabetical reference guide to 500 of the world's greatest painters and sculptors from antiquity to the present day.
published by Phaidon
AMAZON.COM
in USA
AMAZON.CO.UK
in UK

Books at AMAZON.COM - in USA
Books at AMAZON.CO.UK -
in UK
Books at AMAZON.CA in Canada
Our online ART STORE


WEB-ARTS | WEB-SHOPPING | WEB ENTERTAINMENT | WEB EDUCATION | WEB-MUSIC/
ALL THE ARTISTS ON THIS SITE
ART MENU
JOB VACANCIES IN THE ARTS
ONLINE ART STORE
ART STYLES & PERIODS

return to AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS
return to WEB-ARTS



G/w


for web searches

Google


SEARCH THE WEB-ARTS SITE




AMAZON.COM



ARTPRICE is the world leader in art market information
ARTPRICE will give you the true price of fine art
ARTPRICE will show you art market trends
ARTPRICE has 290,000 listed artists in fine arts
ARTPRICE will show you the artists' evolution on the fine art market
Auction records, upcoming sales, price levels, biographies and signatures
click here to read ARTPRICE's interesting art articles/

Set WEB-ARTS to be your Homepage
Bookmark this site
e-mail a friend about this site

Inclusion of the above items in our on-line shop is for your information
All transactions are between the retailer and the purchaser.
Use the Pop-up Xenon Labs
Personal Currency Assistant to get an approximate exchange rate for overseas purchases
Visit
Xenon Labs to read more about their free Currency Converting Service

WEB - ARTS
PO Box 4039
BALWYN 3103
Melbourne
Australia






WEB-ARTS (c) 2000 *





The WEB-ARTS site consists of links to arts sites on the w.w.w.
Copyright owners of sites may impose conditions on access, downloading, copying or reproduction of information and materials from these sites. Read any conditions carefully and observe them.
About purchasing items seen on this site
Privacy Statement






*