Melbourne from Richmond Paddock

Melbourne from Richmond Paddock 1910

TRAILL, Jessie

Registration number

1086762

Artist/maker

TRAILL, Jessie

Title

Melbourne from Richmond Paddock

Production date

1910

Medium

soft ground etching

Dimensions (H x W x D)

20 x 32.9 cm

Credit line

Purchased 1991
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Estate of Jessie Traill

Keywords

Jessie Traill, Yarra Park, 1910, Melbourne from Richmond Paddock, printmaking, women artist, Yarra River, skyline

Summary

Jessie Traill (1881-1967) was a pioneering Australian printmaker of the 20th century. This print captures the Melbourne city skyline from Richmond Paddock (now Yarra Park) with the Yarra River visible in the foreground. In doing so, the contemporary, commercially driven city with the sky filled with industrial smog is contrasted against the natural environment. The work is the first Australian cityscape created in print, in a style regarded at the time as consciously modern.