<Description>

A Beautiful and Exquisite, c1874 Antique Hand Coloured Original Engraving, Titled "King George Sound, Albany WA" By Well Listed and Famous Colonial Artist James Howe Carse (1819-1900)

Scenery depicted as the followings

Aborigianl Group at top of Mounains

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Art Work: Excellent Condition Considering its age

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Image Size: 12.60x17.60 cm (Plate Mark)

Frame Size: 38.50x42.50 cm

Frame: Good Condition with Minor wears

(Ready to Hang)

<Biography>

James Howe Carse (1819-1900)

Famous Australia Colonial Painter

A Relatively dominant figure on the colonial Sydney art scene

Born in Edinburgh 1819, Arrived in Australia 1867, died of Old Age and Alcoholism 9 Sept 1900

James Howe Carse accompanied the Duke of Edinburgh, who arrived in Adelaide in 1867 aboard the Galatea, His earliest known Australian Work is a sketch watercolour of the Kapunda copper mine in South Australia in the Mitchell Library, dated 1967

Son of Scottish Painter Alexander Carse (1770 - 1843) who flourished from 1801-1838

James Howe Carse was named after the Animal Painter James Howe (1780-1836), a contemporary of his Father

After arriving In Australia, especially in 1870s, 1880s, sometimes he was wrong listed as J H Carr, James Carr, J Cars, J A Carse in some publications

He Studied at Royal Academy School London

He exhibited in London from 1860-1862

He was painting landscape of the Scottish and Welsh countryside before coming to Australia

He exhibited some of those works alongside his Australia Paintings in Art Society Exhibitions

He travelled extensively in Australia Prior 1871, Painted Western Australia, Townsville and Gladstone Queensland, Port Darwin Northern Territory

He also Painted in New Zealand, exhibited those work in Melbourne public Library and Museum in March, April, May 1869

Foundation Member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870 and exhibited Paintings of the Port Phillip district in Late 1868-1870

He was in NSW and became a foundation member of the NSW Academy of Art in 1871, he exhibited some paintings at first exhibition of the Academy and won the Certificate of Merit, judged by Conrad Martens (1801-1878)

at Second Exhibition, He won the best oil Painting award, John Campbell Prize

He again exhibited in 1875, 1876 winning the Gold Medal

in 1876, His Oil Paintings were exhibited at The Philadelphia Intercolonial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Awarded first-class certificate

after forming of the Art Society of NSW, he became a foundation memeber in 1880 and exhibited in the inaugrual exhibition with ten Paitnings, mainly scene of South Coast of NSW, he exhibited again in 1884 and 1885

His Price at time compare similarly with those of William Charles Piguenit (1836-1914)

He sold many Paintings outside those exhibitions and enjoy a good Patronage during his time

In 1895, James Howe Carse retired to Mosman Bay where artists' colonies were being set up during the depression of the 1890s, Julian Ashton, Livingstone Hopkins, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton etc and Patron Howard Hinton lived with these artists in the early part of his life

His early work in Australia is quite detailed with almost premitive feeling, aboriginals play a major role in Carse's Work, invariably being treated sympathetically

His work of final years was repetitive and quality was not as good as early one

from 1870s he often worked on cigar-box lids which cost virtually nothing and Ideally suited to his close studies of the bush

by Mid 1880, he work had become freer and often worked in the Plein-air manner while on Painting trip, many works done in the 1880s are on paper which absorbed the thinly applied oil painting to give a dry effect most suited to depicting the Australian Landscape

His large and more finished works on canvas were Completed in his studio in Sydney, Romantic Vistas in the brownish manner of scottish landscape

His best pictures are comparable with Von Guerard's

Died in 1900 at his Mosman home from alcoholism and old age, his body was discovered by the patron and collector Howard Hinton

His Work was represented in two Important Australian Art Exhbitions, The artist and the Patron at Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Bicentennial Exhibition The Face of Australia

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Private and Institutional Collections in Australia and Overseas

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