HOLST, ARNOLD (1898-1975)
$1,850.00Price
“Roses” (1940)
oil on canvas on board
27 x 27cm (image), approx. 33 x 33cm (frame)
signed & dated '40 lower right
*exhibited at Victorian Arts Society Spring Exhibition, Sept. 1940
*private collection, Sydney
Holst was a successful Australian tonalist painter, based in Melbourne. Having served in World War I in the AIF (Australian Wireless Squadron), he returned home and established himself as a skilled artist. He specialised mainly in still lifes, but also painted Australian landscapes. He was also associated with the tonalist movement, including artists such as Max Meldrum, Clarice Beckett & Percy Leason. He held a popular solo exhibition at the Athenaeum Gallery in Melbourne in 1950, which was highlighted in 'The Age'.