• Title
  George Street, Wynyard / Roland Wakelin
• Creator
  Roland Wakelin, 1887-1971
• Call number
  ML 1620
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  probably 1940s
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  9676052
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on board - 37 x 61 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Roland Shakespeare Wakelin was born on 17 April 1887 in Greytown, New Zealand. He moved to Sydney in 1912 and, the following year, began studying drawing and painting at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. In 1916 he gained long-term employment as a commercial artist with the Smith & Julius Studio (of Sydney George Ure Smith and Harry Julius). His art style shifted throughout his career from realism to Impressionism, Modernism and Romanticism as he was influenced in turn by artists including Dattilo Rubbo, Paul Cézanne, and he is considered one of the founders of the modern art movement in Sydney. He died on 28 May 1971 in Rose Bay, Sydney.
  
  Source:
  Australian Dictionary of Biography. "Roland Shakespeare Wakelin". Accessed 15 November 2023. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wakelin-roland-shakespeare-8949
• Collection history
  Previously held in the Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection and exhibited at Sydney Through the Artist’s Eyes 1940s-1980s at the Woolloomooloo Gallery in 1988.
• Scope and Content
  Oil on canvas painting showing the entrance / exit from the Wynyard train station onto George Street, Sydney and depicts emerging commuters in suits, coats and hats.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Framed Collections
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: Estate of Roland Wakelin
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Estate of Roland Wakelin
• Description source
  
  Title devised by cataloguer based on information supplied by vendor.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed "R. Wakelin" in lower right corner.
• Date note
  
  Date range based on the painting's depiction of circa 1940s fashion.
• Subject
  Commuters--New South Wales--Sydney--Pictorial works.
  
• Place
  George Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Wynyard Railway Station (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE21118501

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