Title

John Farmer: landscapes and vignettes Prints from the McClelland Collection.

Venues

McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park. (21 August 2011 – 30 October 2011)

Date

(2011)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located; Australia (VIC). Prints.

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

John Farmer (b. Brunswick, Victoria, Australia 1897-1989) was a significant benefactor and patron of the McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park. John Farmer: landscapes and vignettes presents a selection of prints from the McClelland Collection, in association with the Print Council of Australia’s IMPACT7 conference and The Month of Print exhibitions being held throughout Australia.

Many of the works in this exhibition present a variety of detailed scenes and vignettes surrounding the Frankston area as well as subjects from his extensive international travels. A student at the Melbourne National Gallery School, Farmer went on to study painting under Max Meldrum at the Hardware Chambers in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Encouraged by the Melbourne printmaker Victor E. Cobb, Farmer began printmaking in 1944, working in etching, drypoint, softground etching and aquatint. Although he rarely exhibited these works, he produced over 100 different prints, primarily in editions of six or 12, until he ceased work in this medium in 1971. [Gallery media, 2011]

Associated Public ProgramJohn Farmer: landscapes and vignettes
Art Chat: Exhibition Floor Talk, Thursday 25th August 2011
Guest Speaker: Dr Colin Holden