#tom roberts
Tom Roberts (b.1856 - d.1931), ‘Portrait of a Lady’, oil on canvas, c.1880s, Australian, for sale for est. $60,000 - $80,000 AUD in Leonard Joel’s Fine Art sale, March 2021; Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
“Are there moments when you place yourself quietly in the Lord’s presence, when you calmly spend time with him, when you bask in his gaze? Do you let his fire inflame your heart? Unless you let him warm you more and more with his love and tenderness, you will not catch fire. How will you then be able to set the hearts of others on fire by your words and witness? If, gazing on the face of Christ, you feel unable to let yourself be healed and transformed, then enter into the Lord’s heart, into his wounds, for that is the abode of divine mercy.”
~ Pope Francis
[Basking - A Corner in the Alhambra, 1883 - Tom Roberts]
• The first Pope of the Americas Jorge Mario Bergoglio hails from Argentina. The 76-year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires is a prominent figure throughout the continent, yet remains a simple pastor who is deeply loved by his diocese, throughout which he has travelled extensively on the underground and by bus during the 15 years of his episcopal ministry. More: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/biography/documents/papa-francesco-biografia-bergoglio.html
• An influential landscape painter, Tom Roberts had a profound impact on Australian art with his use of impressionistic techniques and promotion of painting outdoors or en plein air. He was considered the leader of the Heidelberg school (also known as the Australian Impressionists) – the first distinctively Australian school of painting. A vocal advocate for ‘national’ subject matter, he produced many iconic artworks of rural labour and the light and atmosphere of the bush. More: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/artists/roberts-tom/
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Practicing the Minuet (Miss Hilda Spong), 1893. Tom Roberts (Australian, 1856-1931). Oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.
The figure stands back in the canvas, the pose that of the beginning of the dance, the fine eyes full of animation, and the draperies of old gold so treated that the general scheme of colour is refreshingly quiet.
Spong was an English-born actress of international fame who gained acclaim in both the theatre and the cinema.
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