Herbert Rose

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Herbert Rose (1890 – January 1937) was an Australian painter and etcher.

Rose was born at Windsor, Melbourne the son of George Rose, a photographer. Herbert Rose assisted his father's photographic business, he studied art at the National Gallery of Victoria School from 1914 to 1918 and at Paris. He travelled much in Europe, North Africa and Asia, and excelled in painting eastern crowds and architecture. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and other important exhibitions in Europe and the United States, and had successful one man shows in Australia. Harold Herbert described his painting of sunlight in the Sedon Galleries exhibition catalogue (1937): His sunlight is warm and glows with that ”inner glow” that is the despair of so many painters.

Rose died at Delhi, India, from smallpox about the middle of January 1937. He was a capable painter in both oils and water-colours, and also did interesting work in etching. He is represented in the Melbourne and other Australian galleries.

[edit] References

• Serle, Percival. (1949). "Rose, Herbert". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
• Herbert Rose at McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park

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