George LAMBERT, Chesham Street [Chesney Street; The Doctor; Harley Street] 1910
Chesham Street is one of a group of ‘puzzle pictures’ that Lambert painted between 1910 and 1914. These paintings appear to have a meaning and yet are...
National Gallery of Australia | Audio Tour | George.W.Lambert Retrospective
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Audio guide to seventeen key works from the 2007 NGA George.W.Lambert Retrospective : heroes & icons shown at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. 29 June – 16 September 2007
George LAMBERT, Lotty and a lady 1906
In Lotty and a lady , Lambert presented an apparently everyday kitchen scene in which the housemaid, Lotty, is in command of her kitchen, looking out ...
George LAMBERT, The squatter's daughter 1923-24
The squatter’s daughter created a stir in Australia when it was first exhibited in 1924 because Lambert was concerned with creating a new way of paint...
George LAMBERT, Miss Helen Beauclerk 1914
The British writer Helen de Vere Beauclerk (1892–1969) was born Helen Mary Dorothea Bellingham. Her father, a major in the army, died in India a year ...
George LAMBERT, Across the black soil plains 1899
Lambert’s best-known bush image, Across the blac k soil plains was inspired by his memories of horse teams hauling heavily laden wool wagons across th...
George LAMBERT, Self-portrait with gladioli 1922
In Self-portrait with gladioli Lambert deliberately depicted himself as a precious, self-assured aesthete. In this, he visualised the thoughts express...
George LAMBERT, The charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the Nek, 7 August 1915 1924
George LAMBERT, The charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the Nek, 7 August 1915 1924, oil on canvas, 152.5 (h) x 305.7 (w) cm, Australian War Memo...
George LAMBERT, Anzac, the landing 1915 1920-2
On 25 April 1915 Australian and New Zealand troops landed on Gallipoli at dawn. It was one of two main assaults on the Gallipoli peninsula. The Anzacs...
George LAMBERT, Recumbent figure of a soldier (Unknown soldier) [Unknown soldier] 1928-31
Recumbent figure of a soldier is a starkly simple, natural image of a typical Australian digger. Lambert portrayed this soldier with a bullet hole in ...
George LAMBERT, Miss Thea Proctor 1903
Australian printmaker, designer, painter and teacher Thea Proctor (1879–1966) was significant in Lambert’s life as a friend, colleague and model. She ...