LAMBERT, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1873-1930)

"Portrait Of A Little Girl" (c.1900)
pencil
15 x 15cm (image)
signed lower centre
*private collection, Sydney
 
Lambert is one of Australia’s most celebrated artists and one of the most important artist’s of the early 20th century. He started exhibiting his pictures at the Art Society and the Society of Artists, Sydney in 1894. He then contributed pen-and-ink cartoons for ‘The Bulletin’ in 1895 and began painting full-time in 1896. He studied at Julian Ashton's art school in Sydney until 1900. He spent a year in Paris before moving to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy. He was most known during this time as a portrait artist. In 1917, during the First World War, Lambert became an official Australian war artist. His painting Anzac, the landing 1915 of the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, is the largest painting at the Australian War Memorial collection. After WWI, he returned to Australia with several international awards and was recognized as the greatest Australian artist of his generation. His works appear in all major National Institutions (including the National Gallery and the Art Gallery of NSW) and important private collections.