NOTED ARTIST DEAD

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 985, 30 May 1930, Page 11

NOTED ARTIST DEAD

PAINTED FOR FORCES IN GREAT WAR SUDDEN ILLNESS United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright Reed. 10.5 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. The death is announced of Mr. George Washington Lambert, the most distinguished Australian artist, aged 57 years. George Washington Lambert himself was a native of Petrogracl. His father was an American and his mother an Englishwoman. He studied art under Julian Rossi Ashton, of Sydney, auc in 1900 won tlio travelling scholarship of New South Wales. After that he studied for two years in Paris. Mr. Lambert, who was an Associate of the Royal Academy, was also a. member of the International Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, foundation member of the Modern Society of Portrait Painters, and was official artist to the Australian Imperial Forces. Egypt and Palestine- He belonged also to the Chelsea Arts Club. Lambert’s work created a profound impression when he exhibited his portraits at an international exhibition in London a few years ago, and he was recognised as one of the leading figure painters in Europe, as well as the greatest artist New South Wales has produced. His “Holiday in Essex” was hung on the line in the place of honour at the Royal Academy in 1900, and “The Mask” was singled out as one of the pictures of the year in 1911. “The Blue Hat” was the picture of the year at the Societe Rationale des Beau Arts. “Lottie and the Lady,” now in the Melbourne Art Gallery, won him his Associateship of the New Salon. Lambert is represented in all the art galleries of Australia and many in England and on the Continent of Europe. For some years he lived in Chelsea, in London, but a few years ago returned to Australia. ITe delighted in painting himself in unconventional poses.