H R Gallop | River Pastures Burragorang Valley 1943
H R Gallop
River Pastures, Burragorang Valley 1943
Oil on canvas
50 x 61 cm
Signed lower left
Original restored frame
A dramatic painting depicting the Burragorang Valley River and Pastures.
The work was possibly exhibited in 1943 at the Royal Art Society of NSW. Catalogue 73, priced at 40 Gns.
$6,500
Herbert Reginald Gallop (Bert) (1890—1958)
Landscape painter based in Sydney NSW.
Born in Gunning, NSW on 20 July 1890, Gallop was apprenticed to a signwriter and display artist. He studied at Sydney Art School under Julian Ashton and later became a leading member of the Australian Painters and Etchers Society.
He was an art teacher at the East Sydney Technical College, and in his spare time spent a great deal of time walking in the bush.
He exhibited at the Royal Art Society of NSW.
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