ANDANTE, C.1887

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
4 May 2022
66

BERNARD HALL

(1859 - 1935)
ANDANTE, C.1887

oil on canvas

32.0 x 70.0 cm

signed lower left: B. Hall

Estimate: 
$20,000 – $30,000
Sold for $19,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 69 - 4 May 2022, Sydney
Provenance

Elsinore Mary Shuter (who later became the artist's wife), acquired directly from the artist in 1890
Bernard Hall, Melbourne, until his death in 1935
Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 19 March 2013, lot 30
Private collection, New South Wales

Exhibited

Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London, 1888
27th annual exhibition, Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1906, cat. 73
Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Bernard Hall, Athenaeum Galleries, Melbourne, 27 May – 8 June 1935, cat. 35 (as 'Andante (original sketch)')
Exhibition of Paintings and Antiques: The Works and Collection of the late Bernard Hall, Esq., Illawara, Melbourne, 2 – 13 June 1936, cat. 45 (as 'Andante Sketch')

Literature

Institute of Painters in Oil Colours', The Graphic, London, 10 November 1888, p. 491
The Times, London, 3 November 1888
The Globe, London, 5 November 1888
Probably: The London Magazine, London, 9th February 1889
'Royal Art Society: A Strong Exhibition', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 25 August 1906, p. 13