Elisabeth Cummings - Banksia
Elisabeth Cummings, (b.1934), Banksia 1977, oil on canvas, 111.5 x 75 cm, Lismore Regional Gallery Permanent Collection, Acquired through City of Lismore Art Prize, 1977. Photo: Parsa JamalpourAbout the artwork
'My painting Banksia was painted here at Wedderburn looking from my verandah into the surrounding bush - the banksia tree is a special tree for me and I've painted it many times'.
About the artist
Elisabeth Cummings is one of Australia’s most respected living artists with a career spanning over 60 years. Cummings studied at the National Art School in Sydney and was awarded the AGNSW Travelling Art Scholarship in 1958.
Her exhibition Radiance, The Art of Elisabeth Cummings opened at the National Art School, Sydney, August 2023. In 2022 she was part of Know my Name at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Conserved by ICS / International Conservation Services
Conservation notes: : Dry surface cleaned and aqueous cleaned; localised consolidation of unstable media; overall consolidation on hot table; re-stretched onto new stretcher; re-framed into new frame.
ArtVenture is presented by Lismore City Council’s Destination and Economy Team in collaboration with Lismore Regional Gallery.
