Lindsay Bernard Hall Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Lindsay Bernard Hall Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 04, 2024
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) (The Silk Robe) c.1910 oil on canvas on board 48 x 39cm (58 x 68cm framed)
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) (The Silk Robe) c.1910 oil on canvas on board signed upper left: B Hall 48 x 39cm (58 x 68cm framed) PROVENANCE: Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 27 May 1981, lot 549, as 'Seated Nude' The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney EXHIBITIONS: Nudes, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney, 11th July – 26th August 1990, cat. no. 22 A Century of Collecting 1902 - 2001, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 March - 28 April 2001 LITERATURE: Allen, C, 'All undressed and nowhere to go', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 17 August 1990 Waterlow, N, A Century of Collecting 1902-2001, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2001, p. 24
Leonard Joel
Mar. 27, 2024
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935), The Old Law Library
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) The Old Law Library oil on canvas 60.0 x 46.0 cm; 71.0 x 57.0 cm (framed) signed lower left: B. Hall inscribed verso: [illeg.] of/ the Old Library bears inscription on frame verso: [illeg.] Law Court/ Chambers/ Queen St
Menzies
Oct. 18, 2022
BERNARD HALL (1859 - 1935) Untitled Still Life with Brass Jardiniere, Bowl and Flowers oil on canvas
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
BERNARD HALL (1859 - 1935) Untitled Still Life with Brass Jardiniere, Bowl and Flowers oil on canvas Framer's label (John Thallon) attached verso: From the collection of L. Bernard Hall. Formerly Director of the National Gallery of Victoria. 46 x 61cm OTHER NOTES: Bernard Hall (1859-1935) was an artist and Director of the NGV between 1892 and 1935.
Leonard Joel
Jul. 27, 2022
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL, IN THE STUDIO, C.1924
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL (1859 - 1935) IN THE STUDIO, c.1924 oil on canvas 105.5 x 81.0 cm signed lower right: B. Hall signed and inscribed with title on label verso: In the Studio/ L. Bernard Hall. / Melbourne bears inscription on plaque: ‘IN THE STUDIO’ framer's label attached verso: John Thallon, Melbourne PROVENANCE National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1924, exchanged for The Studio Party in 1926 The artist, Melbourne Thence by descent The artist’s daughter Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above c.1975 Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 21 August 2000, lot 81 The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Exhibition of Paintings by L. Bernard Hall, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 25 October – 15 November 1927, cat. 43 Exhibition of Paintings by L. Bernard Hall, Athenaeum Hall, Melbourne, 6 – 16 August 1930, cat. 43 Exhibition of Paintings by the late Lindsay Bernard Hall, Block Gallery, Melbourne, 24 August 1971, cat. 22 Figurative Works from the Cbus Collection, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 4 August – 2 December 2012 on long term loan to Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria LITERATURE ‘Art Exhibitions: Mr Hall’s Paintings’, The Argus, Melbourne, 18 October 1927, p. 20 Sun News Pictorial, Melbourne, 18 October 1927, p. 22 ‘Art Notes: A Varied Exhibition’, The Age, Melbourne, 18 October 1927, p. 7 Taylor, A., Perils of the studio: inside the artistic affairs of bohemian Melbourne, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2007, pp. 145 (incorrectly cited as ‘fig. 136’), 147 (illus.) Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 18, 51 (illus.), 220 Rankin, G., L. Bernard Hall: the man the art world forgot, Newsouth Publishing, Newsouth, Sydney, 2013, pl. 4 (illus.) RELATED WORK The Studio Party, 1926, oil on canvas, 146.2 x 115.6 cm, in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne ESSAY Lindsay Bernard Hall was the Director and Painting Instructor at the National Gallery School in Melbourne for an incredible forty-three years from 1892. He also occupied the position of Director of Paintings at the National Gallery of Victoria. His teaching partnership with Drawing Master Frederick McCubbin (until the latter’s death in 1917) provided a stimulating and enriching environment that produced many of Australia’s most notable artists from the next generations. Hall’s own style was unavowedly academic, based on his training in Antwerp, London and, particularly, the Munich academy. Before arriving in Australia, he exhibited at the Royal Academy and New English Art Club, and with the Royal British Artists. During his tenure at the Gallery School, Hall maintained a studio on the southern side of the State Library of Victoria building (which also housed the School and Art Gallery). Dominated by a large arched window, seen to great effect in In the studio, c.1924, the room dazzled visitors with its ‘bronzes, the antique chairs, the cosy settees in a half-light, (and) the hanging draperies, (which gave) it a delicious sense of Eastern languor.’1 Hall used his colleague Septimus Power, who had a studio in nearby Grosvenor Chambers, as the central model, with Hall’s wife Grace acting as the artist’s subject, and two of their children occupying the large settee at the rear. 1. ‘Art notes: round the studios’, The Age, 26 June 1925, p.12 ANDREW GAYNOR
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 01, 2021
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935), The Gypsy
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) The Gypsy oil on canvas 61.5 x 53.5 cm signed upper right: B. Hall
Menzies
Jul. 19, 2020
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935)Camellias and Porcelain
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) Camellias and Porcelain oil on canvas signed lower left: B Hall 58.5 x 44.5cm CONDITION The painted surface area appears to be very stable and there is no visible significant paint loss or paint contraction. There is a number of very minor paint scuffs sporadically across the image. Slight paint scuffing on the edges of the image where the painting meets the frame. The painting is housed on it's original stretcher and in its original frame. This work is in very sound, original condition.
Gibson's
Oct. 30, 2019
BERNARD HALL 1859-1935 The Old Soup Kitchen, Oberammergau Monastery (circa 1890) oil on wood 33 x 23.7 cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
BERNARD HALL 1859-1935 The Old Soup Kitchen, Oberammergau Monastery (circa 1890) oil on wood signed 'B. Hall' lower left 33 x 23.7 cm PROVENANCE Private Collection Australian Art, Christie's, London, 24 September 2015, lot 7, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above LITERATURE Lionel Lindsay, The Lone Hand, Sydney, 1 April 1908, pp. 615-617 (illustrated)
Smith & Singer
Sep. 06, 2016
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) The Enchantress oil on canvas
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) The Enchantress oil on canvas signed upper right: B. Hall 60 x 50cm PROVENANCE: Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 3 August 1999, lot 76 Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Apr. 28, 2015
BERNARD HALL 1859-1935 (Child in a Bonnet) 1892 oil on wood panel
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
BERNARD HALL 1859-1935 (Child in a Bonnet) 1892 oil on wood panel signed and dated 'B. Hall / 92.' lower right 33.2 x 24 cm PROVENANCE Private Collection Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1978 EXHIBITED Spring Exhibition 1978, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 25 September - 9 October 1978, no. 49, illustrated
Smith & Singer
Dec. 11, 2014
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) Nude Study
Est: $24,000 - $28,000
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) Nude Study oil on canvas 69.0 x 30.5 cm signed upper left: B. Hall
Menzies
Jul. 24, 2014
BERNARD HALL (1859-1935)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
The Yellow Dress oil on canvas signed upper right: B.Hall|signed and inscribed on fragment gallery label attached verso: The Yellow Dress/ L.Bernard Hall| signed upper right: B.Hallsigned and inscribed on fragment gallery label attached verso: The Yellow Dress/ L.Bernard Hall
Menzies
May. 16, 2013
Lindsay Bernard Hall (1859-1935) 'Sleeping Beauty' - nude reclining upon a settee, 13 x 28in.
Est: £7,000 - £10,000
Lindsay Bernard Hall (1859-1935) oil on canvas, 'Sleeping Beauty' - nude reclining upon a settee, signed 13 x 28in.
Gorringes
Mar. 19, 2013
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) Andante circa 1887-1888 oil on canvas
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL (1859-1935) Andante circa 1887-1888 oil on canvas signed 'B. Hall' lower left 30.5 x 69cm PROVENANCE Purchased in 1890 from the artist by Elsinore Mary Shuter (who later became the artist's wife) Remained in Bernard Hall's collection until he died. Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITED Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London 1888 Royal Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney 1906, no. 73 Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Bernard Hall, Athenaeum Galleries, Melbourne, 27 May- 8 June 1935, no. 35, 30gns, referred to as Andante (original sketch) Exhibition of Paintings and Antiques: The Works and Collection of the late Bernard Hall, Esq., Illawara, Melbourne, 2-13 June 1936, no. 45, 15gns, referred to as Andante Sketch LITERATURE 'Institute of Painters in Oil Colours', The Graphic, London, 10 November 1888, p. 491 The Times, London, 3 November 1888, page number missing* The Globe, London, 5 November 1888, page number missing* Probably The London Magazine, London, 9th February 1889, page number missing* 'Royal Art Society: A Strong Exhibition', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 25 August, 1906, p. 13 * References sourced from Bernard Hall Papers, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra RELATED WORK: Andante, oil on canvas, 62 x 138cm, Sotheby's Australia, Fine Australian Paintings, Melbourne, 30/04/1995, lot no. 50 OTHER NOTES Leonard Joel is grateful to Gwen Rankin for her assistance in cataloguing and researching this work. English-born Lindsay Bernard Hall came to Australia in 1892 following his appointment as the Director of the National Gallery of Victoria and Head of the Art School. Through the Felton Bequest, Hall was responsible for important purchases of art which are amongst the great treasures of the NGV today, such as Pissarro's 'Boulevard Montmartre' and 'Rembrandt's 'Two Philosophers'. Painted while Hall was still living in London and working as a black and white artist for the illustrated press, Andante depicts an Arcadian scene with a nude nymph classically reclined under a tree playing the double pipe. When exhibited at the Institute of Painters in Oil Colours in London in 1888, it was praised for its beauty of form and accurate draughtsmanship with one critic noting 'to say that it is far and away the best nude in the exhibition is to give a meagre idea of its merit'.[i] Photographs of the artist's Melbourne studios from 1906 and 1930 show Andante proudly displayed in the background, suggesting that Hall treasured this early work. As noted by Gwen Rankin, Hall produced later versions of at least seven or eight early paintings, most painted originally in England and remaining in the artist's pocession, and Andante is one such example.[ii] In a larger scale version of the work painted in the 1920s, Hall captures the same graceful nymph at the foot of a tree, however with this later work he has added figures to the clearing in the landscape in the upper left corner. In justifying this practice to a disgruntled purchaser of the painting The Quest, Hall explains 'you are mistaken in thinking I am acting entirely contrary to the etiquette of the artist's profession in repeating myself occasionally in this way....there is absolutely nothing to prevent an artist doing this- varying or bettering his results- I suppose I have done so in about half [a] doz[en] cases out of my own many pictures'.[iii] [i]The Times, The Globe and probably The London Magazine, sourced from Bernard Hall Papers, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra [ii] Correspondence with Gwen Rankin, 8 February 2013 [iii] Bernard Hall, Draft Letter, recipient unknown, 8 October 1919, Bernard Hall Papers, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Leonard Joel
Feb. 28, 2009
HALL, Lindsay Bernard (1859-1935) 'Cottage, South
Est: $300 - $500
HALL, Lindsay Bernard (1859-1935) 'Cottage, South Yarra.' Sedon Galleries label verso. Oil on Canvas on Board 30x40cm
Davidson Auctions
Dec. 14, 2008
Bernard Hall (1859-1935) Nude Study oil on canvas
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Bernard Hall (1859-1935) Nude Study oil on canvas signed 'B Hall' lower left
Leonard Joel
Nov. 21, 2006
BERNARD HALL AUSTRALIAN, 1859-1935
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
A STUDIO SHRINE 68 by 50 cm Signed lower right; signed and inscribed with title on the reverse Oil on canvas PROVENANCE Purchased by the present owner's mother Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITED New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-26, cat. 158 (label on the reverse)
Sotheby's
Nov. 22, 2005
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL (1859-1935)
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
The Gardener's Workshop signed 'B Hall' (lower left); indistinctly titled on label (on the reverse) oil on canvas 44.8 x 32 cm
Christie's
Nov. 22, 2005
LINDSAY BERNARD HALL (1859-1935)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
The Black Hat signed 'B Hall' (lower left) oil on canvas 48.7 x 38.8
Christie's
May. 20, 2004
Bernard Hall (Australian, 1859-1935)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Figures in a church signed 'B Hall' (lower left) oil on canvas 16 x 12 3/4 in. (40.5 x 32.5 cm.)
Christie's