Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)

Ariadne's Gallery holds 54 works in the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) collection by 26 artists, most made between 1781 and 1958. The best represented artists are Dorrit Black, Joy Hester and John Peter Russell. The main styles are Cubism, Impressionism and Expressionism. Compared with the rest of Ariadne's Gallery, these works most often evoke sadness and nostalgia.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 42 (collection average 34)
Joy: 46 (collection average 46)
Tension: 51 (collection average 48)
Anger: 26 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 51 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 44 (collection average 48)
Interest: 55 (collection average 57)

Leading artists

Artworks

The Release of St. Peter by Bernardo Strozzi, c.1635 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Madame de La Porte by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1754 — Joy 60, Wonder 55, Interest 60
An extensive landscape near Paris by Hubert Robert, 1781 — Wonder 65, Interest 71, Joy 60
Egyptian Juggler by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1870 — Tension 55, Sadness 40, Anger 26
The Widower by James Tissot, 1877 — Sadness 51, Anger 35, Tension 55
Winding the Skein by Frederic Leighton, c.1878 — Joy 60, Interest 60, Wonder 50
Wedded by Frederic Leighton, 1882 — Nostalgia 60, Interest 64, Wonder 55
Cymon and Iphigenia by Frederic Leighton, 1884 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 40, Anger 16
Five studies of Vincent van Gogh by John Peter Russell, c.1886 - c.1888 — Joy 60, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
Madame Sisley on the banks of the Loing at Moret by John Peter Russell, 1887 — Sadness 50, Tension 50, Nostalgia 45
The prospector by Julian Ashton, 1889 — Nostalgia 65, Sadness 46, Wonder 55
Antibes by John Peter Russell, c.1890 - 1892 — Joy 55, Nostalgia 50, Sadness 35
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon by Edward Poynter, 1890 — Joy 65, Interest 70, Wonder 55
In the afternoon by John Peter Russell, 1891 — Joy 70, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
The hot sands, Mustapha, Algiers by Charles Conder, 1891 — Sadness 60, Tension 65, Nostalgia 55
The Golden Fleece by Tom Roberts, 1894 — Tension 60, Sadness 39, Joy 50
Bailed Up by Tom Roberts, 1895 — Tension 70, Anger 41, Joy 50
On the wallaby track by Frederick McCubbin, 1896 — Wonder 75, Interest 70, Joy 60
Why seek ye the living among the dread? by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, 1896 — Nostalgia 85, Anger 60, Sadness 70
Adagio by Tom Roberts, 1899 — Tension 70, Joy 61, Anger 35
Mon ami 'Polite by John Peter Russell, 1900 — Sadness 45, Joy 50, Nostalgia 50
Rough sea, Morestil by John Peter Russell, c.1900 — Joy 66, Sadness 40, Interest 60
The Cushion by Max Kurzweil, 1903 — Tension 60, Wonder 55, Sadness 39
Mrs Violet M. Hammersley by Philip Wilson Steer, 1906 - 1907 — Nostalgia 55, Joy 45, Tension 40
Landscape with red and yellow by Raoul Dufy, c.1908 — Nostalgia 61, Joy 44, Sadness 26
Three Bathers by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913 — Joy 65, Nostalgia 55, Interest 59
The sock knitter by Grace Cossington Smith, 1915 — Sadness 55, Nostalgia 65, Tension 50
Heat Haze by Dorrit Black, c.1919 — Joy 75, Nostalgia 65, Interest 65
The Acrobats by Dorrit Black, 1929 — Sadness 58, Anger 41, Tension 56
The Chinese Statuette by Dorrit Black, 1929 — Joy 75, Nostalgia 65, Interest 70
Watersprites by Dorrit Black, 1931 — Joy 70, Nostalgia 65, Interest 65
Block for 'Nocturne, Wynyard Square' by Dorrit Black, 1932 — Sadness 56, Anger 40, Nostalgia 55
Nocturne, Wynyard Square by Dorrit Black, 1932 — Anger 39, Sadness 50, Nostalgia 60
Study for 'Nocturne, Wynyard Square' by Dorrit Black, 1932 — Anger 38, Sadness 50, Nostalgia 55
Mirmande (with Surrounding Hills) by Dorrit Black, 1934 — Joy 75, Nostalgia 64, Interest 70
The Parish Hall by Dorrit Black, 1937 — Nostalgia 65, Joy 60, Sadness 45
Black Boys by Dorrit Black, 1938 — Sadness 65, Anger 45, Tension 59
Elizabeth Street, Sydney by Dorrit Black, 1939 — Nostalgia 61, Anger 35, Sadness 45
Desnudo by Joy Hester, c.1940 — Sadness 80, Tension 70, Nostalgia 50
Asustado by Joy Hester, c.1945 — Tension 74, Anger 35, Sadness 45
Mujer desnuda by Joy Hester, c.1945 — Tension 70, Anger 30, Sadness 40
Naval Funeral by Dorrit Black, 1945 — Sadness 55, Anger 42, Tension 58
Sobre la guerra by Joy Hester, c.1945 — Tension 81, Anger 41, Sadness 50
Sombrillas en la playa by Joy Hester, 1947 - 1948 — Wonder 70, Joy 61, Interest 65
Untitled by Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1949 — Sadness 45, Anger 26, Wonder 50
Mujer desnuda reclinada by Joy Hester, 1955 — Tension 71, Anger 30, Sadness 40
Figura con balanzas by Joy Hester, 1957 — Sadness 70, Nostalgia 60, Tension 50
Thames by Albert Tucker, 1957 — Anger 55, Nostalgia 70, Sadness 55
Ayin by Morris Louis, 1958 — Interest 70, Joy 55, Tension 55
Garden in Winter by Lucian Freud, 1997 - 1999 — Joy 70, Nostalgia 64, Interest 68
Playground at Mondragone by Jeffrey Smart, 1998 — Anger 55, Sadness 55, Nostalgia 60
Bridge and Church by Maurice Utrillo — Wonder 60, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
Four Linoblocks for 'The Acrobats' by Dorrit Black — Sadness 55, Anger 42, Tension 59
Still Life (pochoir Design) by Dorrit Black — Nostalgia 60, Anger 35, Sadness 45

Museums with works by the same artists

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) (63)
Neue Pinakothek (60)
Folkwang Museum (37)
Saint Louis Art Museum (82)
Städel (80)
Museum Ludwig (29)
National Gallery of Australia (NGA) (30)
Brooklyn Museum (302)