Donald Stuart Leslie Friend (1915-1989)

Price Realised GBP 875

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GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

Closed: 8 Oct 2013

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Donald Stuart Leslie Friend (1915-1989)

Price Realised GBP 875

Closed: 8 Oct 2013

Price Realised GBP 875

Closed: 8 Oct 2013

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Donald Stuart Leslie Friend (1915-1989)
Hill End
signed and dated 'Hill End. Donald '47' (upper right)
pen, wash and ink on paper
9 3/8 x 10½in. (23.7 x 26.7cm.)
13 7/8 x 15in. (35.2 x 38.1cm.) including frame

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Lot Essay

Tiring of Sydney in the latter half of 1947, and after reading an article in the about forgotten mining towns in central New South Wales, Friend and Drysdale visited Sofala and Hill End. In September 1947 Friend and fellow artist Donald Murray purchased a cottage in Hill End a short walk from the general store and only pub. The town would become an artists' colony, Margaret Olley, Jeffrey Smart, David Strachan, John Olsen, Brett Whiteley and Michael Johnson all subsequently painting there. The best preserved of the New South Wales gold rush towns, it was declared a historic site in 1967.