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FRANÇOIS VUAGNAT (SWITZERLAND, 1826-1910)
Bellerive (Lac de Genève) circa 1880

oil on canvas
signed lower left: VUAGNAT
70.5 x 108.5cm

PROVENANCE
Mr John Twycross
Thence by decent

EXHIBITED
Sydney International Exhibition, French Court, Sydney, 1879
Melbourne International Exhibition, French Court, Melbourne, 1880

LITERATURE
International Exhibition. 1879, Sydney International Exhibition, 1879 : official catalogue of the Art Gallery : New South Wales, Great Britain, Austria, France, Germany, Belgium, T. Richards, Govt. Printer, Sydney, cat. no. 178, p. 67 as At Bellerive. (Lake of Geneva)
Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880, The official catalogue of the exhibits?: with introductory notices of the countries exhibiting. 2nd ed. of 1st issue. Melbourne: Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon, cat. no. 169 as At Bellerive. (Lake of Geneva)
Charlotte Smith, Visions of Colonial Grandeur: John Twycross at Melbourne's International Exhibitions, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, 2014, p. 75 (illustrated) (this catalogue is included with this lot)

CATALOGUE NOTE
John Tywcross was a prosperous businessman and avid art collector who lived and worked in the bustling ‘Marvelous Melbourne' of the mid-1800s. The city was booming. The air and expectations of those living during that time would have been electric with possibilities, priming the city for its most monumental exhibition of the century.
In 1880, the Melbourne International Exhibition graced the city with curiosities, industrial artifacts and artworks spanning the world abroad. Tywcross, along with countless others, soaked up the offerings of Europe with great enthusiasm. Visiting numerous times, Tywcross eagerly acquired over 200 paintings and objéts d'art for his collection, including this work by Vaugnat from the exhibition's French Court, (lot 33) Bellerive (Lac de Genéve). Thoroughly documented, this work is an endearing testament to Melbourne's love affair with art and the city's ties to its illustrious colonial past.

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