Isaac Walter Jenner A feeling for Light

Isaac Walter Jenner, England/Australia 1836-1902 / Hamilton Reach, Brisbane (detail) 1885 / Oil on wood panel / 21.7 x 52.4cm / Purchased 1986 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
When
2 Sep 2023 – 28 Jan 2024
Where
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery 14
Admission
Free
About
‘Isaac Walter Jenner: A Feeling for Light’ explores the evocative paintings of the English born artist, a self-taught marine and landscape painter. Jenner (1836-1902) spent eighteen years in Brisbane until his death and was a major force in the city’s burgeoning cultural life.
Stylistically, Jenner was an artist caught between two worlds. His heart and inspiration lay with his old world of romantic English landscapes filled with the soft light of dawns and sunsets, set against rugged coastlines, ships and the sea. While the prevailing contemporary trend was to a truer interpretation of the Australian light, Jenner's art was imbued with a sublime romantic spirit.
Following his arrival in Brisbane in 1883, Jenner worked diligently to raise the public's awareness of art, was a founding member of the Queensland Art Society in 1887, and also lobbied consistently for the establishment of the Queensland National Art Gallery in 1895 – now known as Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA).
Isaac Walter Jenner, England/Australia 1836-1902 / Brisbane from Bowen Terrace, New Farm 1888 / Oil on board / 14.5 x 21.8cm / Purchased 1995. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Isaac Walter Jenner, England/Australia 1836-1902 / Hamilton Reach, Brisbane 1885 / Oil on wood panel / 21.7 x 52.4cm / Purchased 1986 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Isaac Walter Jenner, England/Australia 1836-1902 / Brisbane River, Garden Reach from near dry dock looking down river 1894 / Oil on cardboard / 12.8 x 20cm / Gift from the Estate of Dr Elizabeth (Pat) Marks through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2004. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
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Isaac Walter Jenner, England/Australia 1836-1902 / Cape Chudleigh, Coast of Labrador 1893, reworked 1895 / Oil on canvas on composition board / 76.5 x 126.9cm / Gift of the artist 1895 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image