George Washington Lambert

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George Washington Thomas Lambert Script error: No such module "If empty". (13 September 1873 – 29 May 1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and as a war artist during the First World War.

Early life

Lambert was born in St Petersburg, Russia, the posthumous son of George Washington Lambert (1833 – 25 July 1873, in London) of Baltimore, Maryland. The younger Lambert's mother was Annie Matilda, née Firth, an Englishwoman. Mother and son soon moved to Württemberg, Germany, to be with Lambert's maternal grandfather. Lambert was educated at Kingston College, Yeovil, Somerset. The family, consisting of Lambert, his mother and three sisters, decided to emigrate to Australia. They arrived in Sydney aboard the Bengal on 20 January 1887.[1]

Career

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George Washington Lambert - Self-portrait

Lambert began exhibiting his pictures at the Art Society and the Society of Artists, Sydney in 1894. Lambert began contributing pen-and-ink cartoons for The Bulletin in 1895 and began painting full-time in 1896.[1] Illustrations by Lambert formed part of the bush ballads of the Fair girls and gray horses (1898) and Hearts of gold (1903) anthologies of Scottish-Australian poet Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963).

In 1899 he won the Wynne Prize with Across the Blacksoil Plains. He studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney until 1900. Later, he won a travelling scholarship for 150 pounds from the government of New South Wales. He spent a year in Paris before moving to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy. Lambert was awarded a silver medal at an international exhibition for his painting The Sonnet in Barcelona in 1911. He was most known during this time as a portrait artist.

War artist

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Anzac, the Landing 1915 by George Lambert (1920–1922).

Lambert became an official Australian war artist in 1917 during the First World War.[2] His painting Anzac, the landing 1915 of the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, is the largest painting at the Australian War Memorial collection. Lambert, as an honorary captain, travelled to Gallipoli in 1919 to make sketches for the painting.[1] Another noted work was A sergeant of the Light Horse (1920), painted in London after his travels in Palestine.[3]

During the war years, George Lambert spent much time in London, where it is suggested he was romantically involved with fellow artist Thea Proctor.

Return to Australia

Lambert returned to Australia in 1921, where he had success in Melbourne with a one-man show at Fine Art Society gallery. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1922. He often visited the homestead of Colonel Granville Ryrie of the Australian Light Horse at Michelago, New South Wales and there painted The Squatter's Daughter and Michelago Landscape.

In the second annual Archibald Prize in 1922, now Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture, Lambert's work was disqualified as he had not been a resident in Australia for twelve months.[4] He submitted a self-portrait for the third year, competing with William Macleod who entered with the subject of The Bulletin cartoonist 'Hop' Hopkins.[5] In 1927 he won the Archibald Prize with Mrs Annie Murdoch, a portrait of the mother of Keith Murdoch and grandmother of Rupert Murdoch.

In November 1927 he was commissioned to create a statue of writer Henry Lawson; the work depicting Lawson in rough clothes accompanied by a swagman, a dog and a fence post was unveiled in The Domain, Sydney on 28 July 1931 by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Philip Game.[6]

Personal life

Lambert married Amelia Beatrice 'Amy' Absell (1872–1963) in 1900. Their children were Maurice Lambert (1901–1964), a noted sculptor and associate of the Royal Academy, and Constant, the British composer and conductor, born in London in 1905. Kit Lambert (1935–1981), manager of the rock group The Who, was their grandchild.

Lambert died on 29 May 1930 at Cobbitty, near Camden, New South Wales, and is buried in the Anglican section of South Head Cemetery.[1]

Some of his family papers from 1874 to 1942 are held in the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.[7]

His life was dramatised in an episode of the radio series Famous Australians.

List of works

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Script error: No such module "sort". 1896 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [8]
File:George Lambert - Across the black soil plains.jpg Across the Black Soil Plains 1899 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [9]
George Washington Lambert c. 1900Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Portrait Gallery, London [10]
Mother and child 1901 Oil on canvas on hardboard Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [11]
File:George Washington Lambert - Hugh Ramsay, 1902.jpg Hugh Ramsay c. 1902Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [12]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1902 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [13]
File:George W Lambert - Miss Thea Proctor - Google Art Project.jpg Miss Thea Proctor 1903 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [14]
File:George Lambert - Sybil Waller in a red and gold dress, 1905.jpg Sybil Waller in a red and gold dress 1905 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Private collection [15]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1905 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [16]
Francis Derwent Wood 1906 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Portrait Gallery, London [17]
Lotty and a lady 1906 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [18]
File:George Washington Lambert - Self-portrait.jpg Self-portrait c. 1906Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [19]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1906 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [20]
File:George Lambert The Sonnet 1907.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". 1907 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Australia, Canberra [21]
File:George W. Lambert - The holiday group (The bathers) - Google Art Project.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". 1907 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide [22]
Gold prospectors 1907 Watercolour Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [23]
File:George W. Lambert - Portrait group - Google Art Project.jpg Portrait Group 1908 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Australia, Canberra [24]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1908 Oil on wood Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [25]
Children bathing 1909 Oil on wood Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [26]
File:345 George Lambert The artist’s studio1909.jpg The shop 1909 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [27]
File:Chesham Street (1910) George W Lambert.jpg Chesham Street 1910 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Australia, Canberra [28]
File:George W Lambert - Holiday in Essex - Google Art Project.jpg Holiday in Essex 1910 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [29]
William Alison Russell Esq 1910 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [30]
File:George W Lambert - Pan is dead (still life) - Google Art Project.jpg Pan Is Dead (Still Life) 1911 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [31]
File:George W Lambert - Portrait of a lady (The dancer) - Google Art Project.jpg Portrait of a lady (The dancer) 1911 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [32]
Portrait of Maurice Lambert 1913 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [33]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1913 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [34]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1913 Oil on wood Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [35]
File:George W Lambert - Important people - Google Art Project.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". 1914, 1921 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [36]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1915 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [37]
File:Anzacs Bathing in the Sea (George Lambert).jpg Anzacs Bathing 1916 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
File:George W Lambert - Portrait of a lady (Thea Proctor) - Google Art Project.jpg Portrait of a lady (Thea Proctor) 1916 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [38]
File:The Convex Mirror (c 1916) George Washington Lambert 002.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". c. 1916Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". diameter State Library of New South Wales, Sydney [39]
Mrs E.P. Reed 1917 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [40]
File:Mr George Washington Thomas Lambert - Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer - Google Art Project (cropped).jpg Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer 1917, 1921 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Museums Victoria, Melbourne [41]
With the Light Horse in Egypt 1918 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [42]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1918 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [43]
File:George W. Lambert - A sergeant of the Light Horse - Google Art Project.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". 1920 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [44]
Trewarmitt, Cornish landscape 1920 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [45]
Tulips and wild hyacinths c. 1920Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Oil on plywood Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [46]
File:George Lambert - Weighing the Fleece, 1921.jpg Weighing the Fleece 1921 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Australia, Canberra [47]
The official artist 1921 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [48]
File:George W Lambert - The white glove - Google Art Project.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". 1921 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [49]
File:Anzac, the landing 1915.jpg Anzac, the Landing 1915 1922 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Australian War Memorial, Canberra [50]
File:George Washington Lambert Autoportrait.jpg Self-portrait with gladioli 1922 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Portrait Gallery, Canberra [51]
Yarra Glen 1922 Oil on plywood Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [52]
Yarra Glen 1922 Oil on plywood Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [53]
Hera 1924 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [54]
File:Charles EW Bean portrait.jpg Charles EW Bean 1924 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Australian War Memorial, Canberra [55]
George Judah Cohen 1925 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". National Portrait Gallery, Canberra [56]
File:George Washington Lambert - Egg and cauliflower still life.jpg Egg and cauliflower still life 1926 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide [57]
Tulips and other stimulants 1927 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [58]
File:George Washington Lambert - Mrs Annie Murdoch.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". 1927 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Murdoch family collection Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
War memorial 1927 Bronze sculpture Geelong Grammar School, Geelong [59]
Julian Ashton 1928 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [60]
Swedish athlete 1928 Oil on canvas Script error: No such module "convert". Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney [61]

Gallery

See also

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Notes

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References

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Further reading

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External links

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Awards
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