[Portrait of an Aboriginal, ca. 1890-1900] / by Oscar Fristrom

ML 1303

fonds

ca. 1890-1900

Graphic Materials, Drawings

456940

1 drawing - crayon - 60 x 75 cm.

Born in Sweden, arrived in Brisbane in 1884. He became an Associate in the firm of Hutchison, Fristrom and Company (Elite Photographic Company) and a foundation member of the Qld Art Society, 1887. He helped form the New Society of Art in 1904 and became its first president. He is best known for his portraits of Aborigines.

Reference:
Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 1994

Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The work has no title or date. Title taken from the Mitchell catalogue

"A painting of an imprint of an Aboriginal face on cloth: not an imprint made from first hand observation but one taken from a photograph (Australian Aborigine. Queensland by Henry King" -- Seeing the first Australians, 1985, p. 108

Signed by the artist in lower right hand corner

Originally mounted with a gold mount (discarded when remounted, 16/11/07)

Framed March 2013