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Julian Ashton

Australian artist (–)

For his son the English born Australian journalist, see Julian Howard Ashton.

Julian Rossi AshtonCBE (27 January &#;&#; 27 April ) was an English-born Australian artist and teacher. He is best known for founding the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and encouraging Australian painters to capture local life and scenery en plein air, greatly influencing the impressionist Heidelberg School movement.

He was a principal organiser of the Exhibition of Australian Art in London, the first major exhibition of Australian art internationally.

Biography

Ashton was born in Addlestone, Surrey, the son of American amateur painter[1] Thomas Briggs Ashton, and his wife Henrietta, daughter of Count Carlo Rossi,[2] a Sardinian diplomat[3] who married the soprano Henriette Sontag.

The family moved to Penzance, Cornwall shortly after, and lived at Burley Grove, Gulval.[4] At the age of 11, the family moved again to Totnes, Devon.[5] His father died in , and around age 15 he began working in the engineers' office of either the Great Western Railway[6] or Great Eastern Railway.[7][8] There he remained for six years using his entire leisure time painting at South Kensington.

During this time he studied at the West London School of Art for three years. He then went to study at the Académie Julian in Paris and began illustrating books.[9][5] He also had considerable success as a painter, exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts and elsewhere.

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Ashton emigrated to Melbourne in under contract to David Syme's Illustrated Australian News and lived there for five years before moving to Sydney.

He was the elected president of the Art Society of New South Wales from to [10] From to he taught classes on behalf of the society but was dismissed after choosing to exhibit his works with the newly formed Society of Artists.[5]

He had a background in the contemporary French realism of the Barbizon School, which emphasised painting en plein air (i.e.

direct from nature, as opposed to studio-based painting), and which laid the basis for the Impressionist movement. As a trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales he championed emerging Australian artists of the Australian Impressionist or Heidelberg School, and the Gallery's decision to collect these works owes much to his influence. Ashton is known for his paintings Evening, Merri Creek (), A Solitary Ramble () and others.

George Lambert painted a portrait of Ashton which is in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Lambert showed Ashton, then 77, with white hair and a military-type moustache, dressed in a grey suit and a dapper bow-tie, cigar in hand, sitting beside a table with a mass of objects. The cigar and wine suggest 'good living' and the flowers and fruit may have referred to Ashton's role as a gardener.

Behind him there is a deep red curtain draped over a gold picture frame, behind which there is a curtain, creating an abstract arrangement of bold colours, with the frame suggesting Ashton's role as an artist, teacher and patron.[11]

Julian Ashton Art School

Main article: Julian Ashton Art School

The Sydney Art School (also known as the Julian Ashton Art School), which Ashton established in as the "Academy Julian",[12] has been an influential art school in Australia.

Julian Ashton students have included William Dobell, John Olsen, Fred Leist, Brett Whiteley, Justine Kong Sing, Anne Dangar, and Nora Heysen.

(Julian) Howard Ashton's son, J. Richard Ashton, and his wife Wenda ran the School from , when, among many gifted artists, Ian Chapman and Archibald Prize winner Francis Giacco attended, until when Phillip Ashton (Richard's son) became Principal, this being the time of Hadyn Wilson, political cartoonist Bill Leak and artist Paul Newton.

In the school was incorporated and Paul Delprat, Julian Ashton's great-grandson, himself an ex-student took over the running of the school, becoming the principal. In the school's antique casts and easels, which date back to , were classified by the National Trust. The school's main campus is in The Rocks, Sydney, located opposite the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia at – George Street, The Rocks.

The building is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.[13] Since the school has also conducted classes at Headland Park, Georges Heights, Mosman.

Family

Ashton married twice: to Eliza Ann Pugh (died 15 July ) in Hackney, London on 1 August , by whom he had four sons and a daughter.

He married again, on 8 September to (Constance) Irene Morley (died 11 April ).[20]

On Monday, 27 April Ashton died at Bondi, Sydney, aged 91, after a long illness.

Until his death he had still been an art teacher to others.[21] The service for the 'Grand Old Man of Australian art' was held at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium on 29 April [22]

Ashton also had a brother, George Rossi Ashton (born ), a black-and-white artist who lived in Australia between the years and before returning to London.

He married Blanche Brooke Coppin, a daughter of George Coppin, in Melbourne on 23 October

Recognition

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in [12][23]

Selected paintings

  • Aboriginal Family Group, , Art Gallery of New South Wales

  • The Corner of the Paddock, , National Gallery of Victoria

  • Circular Quay, Sydney, , private collection

  • A Solitary Ramble, , Art Gallery of New South Wales

  • The Prospector, , Art Gallery of New South Wales

  • Reflections, , private collection

  • The Old Cemetery, Devonshire Street, , State Library of New South Wales

  • Tamarama Beach, forty years ago, a summer morning, , Art Gallery of New South Wales

  • Golden Willows, , New England Regional Art Museum

References

  1. ^Ashton, Thomas Briggs.

    "On the Arno at Florence". .

  2. ^Serle, Percival ().

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    "Ashton, Julian Rossi". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.

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  5. ^ abcFink, Theodore (21 June ). "Julian Ashton's story of his life".

    The Herald. Melbourne. p.&#; Retrieved 18 January

  6. ^"Julian Ashton Was Artists' Guide & Friend". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 29 April p.&#;4. Retrieved 30 April
  7. ^Harper, Katherine. 'Ashton, Julian Rossi (–)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 30 April
  8. ^"Mr.

    J. R. Ashton".

    Australian music artist She was introduced to Norman Lindsay in by Julian Rossi Ashton, and began modeling for Lindsay that same year. [1] [3] She became his principal model and later his lover, and after his marriage ended she joined him in London in [1].

    Table Talk. 24 April p.&#;5. Retrieved 19 May

  9. ^"Death of veteran artist". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 29 April p.&#;7. Retrieved 20 January
  10. ^Kusko, Julie (28 January ). "The same spot today". The Australian Women's Weekly. Sydney. p.&#; Retrieved 19 January
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  12. ^ ab"Mr Julian Ashton: 80th birthday".

    The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 January Retrieved 26 August &#; via National Library of Australia.

  13. ^"Julian Ashton Art School". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H Retrieved 14 October Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY licence.
  14. ^"Family notices".

    The Sydney Morning Herald.

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    Sydney. 6 March p.&#;1. Retrieved 18 January

  15. ^"Social chat of the day". The Newsletter: An Australian Paper For Australian People. Vol.&#;16, no.&#; New South Wales, Australia. 18 May p.&#;8. Retrieved 24 January &#; via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^"Sister artists". News. Vol.&#;V, no.&#; South Australia.

    17 August p.&#;5 (Home addition). Retrieved 24 January &#; via National Library of Australia.

  17. ^"Death of Mr Hubble". The Propeller. Vol.&#;XXXIX, no.&#; New South Wales, Australia. 24 February p.&#;3. Retrieved 31 January &#; via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^"Men and women".

    The Sun. No.&#; New South Wales, Australia. 24 July p.&#;6. Retrieved 24 January &#; via National Library of Australia.

  19. ^"Artist Group". News. Vol.&#;46, no.&#;7, South Australia.

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  23. An introduction to the paintings and watercolours by Julian ...

    24. 16 January p.&#;7. Retrieved 24 January &#; via National Library of Australia.

  24. ^"Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No.&#;33, New South Wales, Australia. 15 April p.&#; Retrieved 4 December &#; via National Library of Australia.
  25. ^"Obituary". The Advocate (Australia).

    Tasmania, Australia. 29 April p.&#;2.

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    Retrieved 24 January &#; via National Library of Australia.

  26. ^"Funeral Of Julian Ashton". The Sun. No.&#; New South Wales, Australia. 29 April p.&#;5 (Late final extra). Retrieved 24 January &#; via National Library of Australia.
  27. ^"It's an Honour – Honours – Search Australian Honours".

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Bibliography

  • Gray, Anne. George W Lambert Retrospective – Heroes and Icons.

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    • Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, ISBN&#;

  • Lindsay, Norman; Crowley, Grace; Wilson, W. Hardy; Brennan, Chris; Lindsay, Lionel; Jones, C. Lloyd (). The Julian Ashton book. Sydney: Art in Australia. Retrieved 20 January
  • Serle, Percival (). "Ashton, Julian Rossi". Dictionary of Australian Biography.

    Sydney: Angus & Robertson.

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