Mrs Annie Murdoch

1927 painting by George Washington Lambert
Mrs Annie Murdoch
ArtistGeorge Washington Lambert
Year1927
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions59.6 cm × 49.5 cm (23.5 in × 19.5 in)

Mrs Annie Murdoch is a 1927 portrait painting by Australian artist George Washington Lambert. The painting depicts Annie Murdoch, the mother of newspaper proprietor Keith Murdoch and grandmother of businessman Rupert Murdoch.[1] Murdoch commissioned this painting of his mother, who migrated to Australia from Scotland in 1884 with her Presbyterian minister husband, Patrick.[1] Lambert painted the work in September 1927.[1]

It is a striking portrait and full of character. Lambert portrayed the alert-faced matron, with her brown eyes looking directly out of the picture with confidence and authority. He showed her smiling with what might be interpreted as genial amusement

— National Gallery of Australia, [1]

The painting was awarded the Archibald Prize in 1927.[2] The painting remains part of the Murdoch family collection.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mrs Annie Murdoch 1927". George W Lambert: a retrospective. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Winner: Archibald Prize 1927". Archibald Prize. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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Paintings
  • Across the Black Soil Plains (1899)
  • The Sonnet (1907)
  • Chesham Street (1910)
  • Pan Is Dead (Still Life) (1911)
  • Anzacs Bathing (1916)
  • The convex mirror (c 1916)
  • A Sergeant of the Light Horse (1920)
  • Weighing the Fleece (1921)
  • The White Glove (1921)
  • Anzac, the Landing 1915 (1922)
  • Self-portrait with gladioli (1922)
  • The Squatter's Daughter (1924)
  • Mrs Annie Murdoch (1927)
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