National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)

Ariadne's Gallery holds 63 works in the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) collection by 33 artists, most made between 1550 and 1973. The best represented artists are Joy Hester, Jane Sutherland and Jeffrey Smart. The main styles are Expressionism, Impressionism and Romanticism. Compared with the rest of Ariadne's Gallery, these works most often evoke sadness.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 37 (collection average 34)
Joy: 41 (collection average 46)
Tension: 47 (collection average 48)
Anger: 20 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 48 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 45 (collection average 48)
Interest: 54 (collection average 57)

Leading artists

Artworks

Burning of a Heretic by Il Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni), c.1423 - c.1426 — Anger 70, Sadness 75, Tension 85
The Ince Hall Madonna (The Virgin and Child Reading) by Jan van Eyck, 1433 — Wonder 58, Nostalgia 41, Anger 12
Study for the Baptism of the People by Andrea del Sarto, 1515 — Joy 51, Wonder 45, Nostalgia 40
A monk with a book by Titian, c.1550 — Sadness 40, Tension 51, Anger 20
Portrait of Doge Pietro Loredan by Tintoretto, 1567 - 1570 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 40, Sadness 25
Saskia as St. Catherine by Rembrandt, 1638 — Nostalgia 55, Interest 60, Joy 50
Ruins of the Forum, Rome by Bernardo Bellotto, 1743 — Joy 55, Wonder 54, Tension 50
Coastal Scene, a Calm by Thomas Gainsborough, 1783 — Anger 9, Joy 27, Sadness 17
The Honourable Charles Wolfran Cornwal by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785 - 1786 — Tension 50, Sadness 35, Nostalgia 45
Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the last circle of hell by William Blake, 1824 - 1827 — Anger 8, Sadness 19, Joy 28
Okehampton by J.M.W. Turner, c.1826 — Interest 80, Wonder 75, Tension 71
Little Red Riding Hood by Gustave Dore, c.1862 — Joy 60, Wonder 55, Interest 60
An Interesting Story by James Tissot, 1872 — Wonder 55, Nostalgia 50, Interest 59
The House at Rueil by Edouard Manet, 1882 — Anger 11, Sadness 17, Joy 26
Home Again by Frederick McCubbin, 1884 — Joy 65, Nostalgia 55, Interest 60
Doña Peppa Mattiocco by John Peter Russell, 1886 — Sadness 55, Anger 30, Tension 54
The Garden Of Pan by Edward Burne-Jones, 1886 - 1887 — Nostalgia 70, Sadness 50, Wonder 55
Almond tree in blossom by John Peter Russell, c.1887 — Joy 60, Interest 66, Nostalgia 56
Dr Will Maloney by John Peter Russell, 1887 — Joy 60, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
Portrait of a Man by Vincent van Gogh, c.1887 — Anger 51, Sadness 52, Joy 52
Numb fingers working while the eye of morn is yet bedimmed with tears by Jane Sutherland, 1888 — Anger 71, Sadness 80, Tension 80
Summer Idyll by Charles Conder, 1889 — Joy 66, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
Shearing the Rams by Tom Roberts, 1890 — Nostalgia 75, Joy 70, Interest 70
Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse, 1891 — Sadness 20, Anger 8, Interest 43
A Midsummer Day by Jane Sutherland, c.1893 — Joy 70, Wonder 60, Interest 65
The Creek by Jane Sutherland, c.1895 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 46, Anger 15
The Importunate Neighbour by William Holman Hunt, 1895 — Anger 78, Sadness 85, Tension 88
The Mushroom Gatherers by Jane Sutherland, c.1895 — Joy 65, Interest 70, Wonder 55
Boulevard Montmartre Morning, Grey Weather by Camille Pissarro, 1897 — Nostalgia 70, Sadness 56, Tension 55
An Old Bee Farm by Clara Southern, c.1900 — Nostalgia 45, Anger 20, Sadness 30
Evensong by Clara Southern, c.1900 - c.1914 — Nostalgia 60, Sadness 40, Joy 45
The pioneer by Frederick McCubbin, 1904 — Anger 50, Sadness 55, Tension 60
Jessie Sutherland by Jane Sutherland, c.1905 — Nostalgia 60, Joy 49, Wonder 45
Blue and Gold: Portrait of Dorothy Sutherland by Jane Sutherland, 1908 — Joy 80, Nostalgia 70, Interest 75
Hospital at Granada by John Singer Sargent, 1912 — Nostalgia 71, Sadness 55, Tension 61
Manuel Humberg Esteve by Amedeo Modigliani, 1916 — Anger 9, Sadness 20, Joy 22
Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert by Amedeo Modigliani, 1916 — Interest 64, Sadness 22, Anger 11
In Praise of Dialectics by Rene Magritte, 1937 — Sadness 80, Nostalgia 85, Tension 75
Sin título by Joy Hester, c.1940 - c.1949 — Wonder 50, Sadness 35, Tension 45
Figura junto a una vía de tren by Joy Hester, c.1942 - c.1945 — Sadness 70, Tension 80, Nostalgia 55
Sin título by Joy Hester, c.1945 — Sadness 60, Tension 70, Nostalgia 55
Rostro by Joy Hester, 1947 - 1948 — Joy 75, Wonder 70, Interest 74
Sin título by Joy Hester, c.1947 - c.1948 — Joy 60, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Sin título by Joy Hester, c.1948 — Sadness 75, Tension 80, Nostalgia 60
Nude with Cat by Balthus, 1949 — Sadness 70, Nostalgia 75, Tension 65
Unión de cabezas by Joy Hester, 1949 — Joy 70, Wonder 65, Interest 71
Hombre y mujer en la cama by Joy Hester, c.1952 - 1955 — Joy 60, Wonder 56, Interest 60
Judas by Albert Tucker, 1955 — Anger 60, Nostalgia 80, Sadness 71
Mujer y el mar by Joy Hester, c.1955 - c.1956 — Joy 75, Interest 76, Wonder 70
Sin título by Joy Hester, c.1955 — Wonder 55, Tension 45, Sadness 30
Niña con flores by Joy Hester, c.1956 — Joy 65, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Untitled (Red) by Mark Rothko, 1956 — Anger 85, Interest 98, Wonder 95
Dos niñas en la calle by Joy Hester, 1957 — Joy 65, Wonder 55, Interest 61
Niña sujetando un pavo by Joy Hester, 1957 — Sadness 64, Tension 75, Nostalgia 55
Sin título by Joy Hester, 1957 — Joy 75, Interest 75, Wonder 69
Rooftops by Jeffrey Smart, 1969 — Joy 75, Wonder 56, Tension 55
Factory Staff, Erehwyna by Jeffrey Smart, 1972 — Anger 45, Sadness 50, Nostalgia 56
City by Albert Tucker, 1973 — Anger 40, Sadness 50, Tension 61
Second Drawing for Garage Attendant by Jeffrey Smart, 1980 — Anger 55, Sadness 65, Nostalgia 70
Winter Carnival, Viareggio by Jeffrey Smart, 1989 — Joy 81, Wonder 59, Interest 64
A Boat at the Sluice by John Constable — Anger 12, Sadness 20, Joy 23
La Vida Secreta De Los Pájaros by Joy Hester — Interest 81, Wonder 76, Joy 79
The Harlot and the Giant by William Blake — Sadness 19, Anger 8, Joy 24

Museums with works by the same artists

Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) (54)
Barnes Foundation (88)
Tate Modern (290)
Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge) (87)
Tate Britain (135)
Yale Centre For British Art (Yale University) (58)
British Museum (211)
Musée de l'Orangerie (54)