Algernon Talmage

Algernon Talmage (1871–1939) RA ROI was a minor British Impressionist painter.[1]

Self portrait
Algernon Talmage, The Founding of Australia, 26 January 1788, by Captain Arthur Phillip R.N. Sydney Cove. Oil sketch, 1937

Talmage is best known for tutoring Emily Carr during her studies at St Ives in England when he lived and worked in his studio which was then called 'The Cabin' located on Westcotts Quay, St Ives.[2] His criticism was a significant early influence on her work, encouraging her earliest forays into the forest paintings that would eventually become her trademark. Carr's vivid palette grew from his critical reminder that "there is sunlight in the shadows."[3] The well-known Australian painter Will Ashton was another of his students.

Talmage is also well known for creating the painting 'The Founding of Australia' which was commissioned by the founder of the Australasian Pioneers Club to celebrate the sesquicentenary of 1938. The finished painting was unveiled at the Royal Academy of the Arts exhibition in London in 1937.[4]

The painting depicts the moment Governor Phillip (in the centre of the painting) proposed a toast to King George III, on the evening of 26 January 1788, the day that the Fleet moved from Botany Bay to Sydney Cove. The painting is a celebration of righteousness and importance of colonisation, and a statement of the power of the British Empire.[4]

He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in October 1902.[5]

  • CONVALESCENTS
  • CAMP AT AGNY
  • A Mobile Veterinary Unit in France
  • AT AN EVACUATING STATION
  • The Sulphur Dip for Mange
  • A Mobile Veterinary Unit in France
  • Talmage-Estación de Cannon Street



References
  1. Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed 20 April 2008.
  2. "The Cabin aka Lambeth". Lambeth. Cornish Riviera Holidays. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. Tippett, Maria: "Emily Carr: A Biography." Stoddart: 1979, 1999.
  4. "The Founding of Australia. By Capt Arthur Phillip RN Sydney Cove, Jan 26th 1788". State Library of NSW. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2020. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  5. "Court Circular". The Times (36893). London. 8 October 1902. p. 7.
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