Chinese Tea Garden, Peking (circa 1934)

Ian Fairweather

oil on board

Ulster Museum (National Museums Northern Ireland), Belfast

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Board

Physical Object Description:

Garden scene with people and animals, looked at from afar; captured in rough strokes. Unsigned.

Dimensions:

63.9 x 81 cm

Accession Number:

BELUM.U450 (2356.1942)

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1942

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from The Redfern Gallery by the Hon. Jasper Ridley (1887-1951) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1938; presented to Ulster Museum, National Museums Northern Ireland, Belfast, 1943

Relationship:

The Hon. Jasper Nicholas Ridley The Redfern Gallery, London Ulster Museum (National Museums Northern Ireland), Belfast

Subject:

Gardens, People

Scottish-born Australian painter Ian Fairweather spent some time in Melbourne, Australia and was associated with the Melbourne Contemporary Group established by William Frater, George Bell, Arnold Shore and others in 1934. He was commissioned to paint a mural for the Menzies Hotel there but destroyed it when it received unfavourable reviews and left the county. He had learnt Chinese as a young man and returned to China and the Philippines before having a solo show at The Redfern Gallery, London in 1935 from whom this picture was later acquired by the Hon. Jasper Ridley (1887-1951) for the Contemporary Art Society and presented to the Ulster Museum Belfast.

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