“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:
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
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“Art is an illusion of spontaneity.”
– Japanese Proverb
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Photo Credit: BGM