“La Fontaine” by Rupert Bunny

“La Fontaine” was painted by Rupert Bunny, who was a magnificent colorist and erudite painter of classic themes.  This painting is representative of his ambitious Salon paintings. Bunny traveled back and forth between Australia and France on many occasions until 1933, when he returned permanently to Australia and settled in South Yarra, Victoria.

Rupert Bunny (1864 – 1947) was an Australian painter, who achieved success and critical acclaim as an expatriate in fin-de-siècle Paris. He gained an honorable mention at the Paris Salon of 1890 and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. The French state acquired 13 of his works for the Musée du Luxembourg and regional collections.

La Fontaine

• Title:               La Fontaine
• Artist:            Rupert Charles Wulsten Bunny
• Dates:             1929-30
• Materials:      Oil on Canvas
• Museum:       Queensland Art Gallery

Rupert Bunny

• Name:                       Rupert Charles Wulsten Bunny
• Born:                        1864 – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Died:                         25 May 1947 (aged 82) – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Major Paintings:
  • Summer Time
  • La Fontaine
  • Pastorale
  • Endormies

A Tour of the Queensland Art Gallery

• Li – Chinese Tripod Jar
• “Figure with Snow Falling” by Takahashi Hiroaki
• “Figure with Parasol, Protect against Snow” by Takahashi Hiroaki
• “Under the Jacaranda” by R Godfrey Rivers
• “Bathing Hour” (L’Heure de Bain) by E Phillips Fox
• Buddha
• “Three Dancers at a Dance Class” by Edgar Degas
• “La Fontaine” by Rupert Bunny
• Masterpieces and Historical Objects in the Queensland Art Gallery

A tour of the Museums in Australia

• Museums in Sydney
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Australian Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Museum of Sydney
  • Powerhouse Museum
  • Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
  • Nicholson Museum
  • Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
  • Museum of Fire

• Museums in Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Shrine of Remembrance
  • Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Sports Museum
  • Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Chinese Museum, Melbourne
  • Jewish Museum of Australia

• Museums in Canberra
  • National Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery

• Museums in Brisbane
  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Queensland Museum & Science Centre
  • MacArthur Museum Brisbane
  • RD Milns Antiquities Museum
  • Queensland Maritime Museum
  • Commissariat Store, Brisbane
  • Queensland Police Museum

• Museums in Perth
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • WA Shipwrecks Museum
  • Perth Mint
  • WA Maritime Museum
  • Fremantle Prison

• Museums in Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • South Australian Museum
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide

• Museums in Hobart
  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

• Museums in Darwin
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Darwin Military Museum
  • Australian Aviation Heritage Centre

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“Art is an illusion of spontaneity.”
– Japanese Proverb

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Photo Credit: BGM