Meet our canine friends
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In an array of breeds, shapes and sizes, from wild dogs, to the valuable working dog, and the unconditional love of the house dog, QAGOMA has it all — so we’ve selected a few artworks on display, we’ll let you find even more when you visit the Gallery — plus we’ve added some of our Collection favourites currently in storage as we just couldn’t leave them out, as they say… life’s better with a dog in your life. We also haven’t forgotten their four-legged friends, check out our blog on cats and horses.
The Master of Frankfurt ‘Virgin and Child with Saint James the Pilgrim, Saint Catherine and the Donor with Saint Peter‘ c.1496
The Master of Frankfurt, The Netherlands 1460 d.c.1520-c.33 / Virgin and Child with Saint James the Pilgrim, Saint Catherine and the Donor with Saint Peter (detail) c.1496 / Oil on oak panel / 69 x 55.2cm / Purchased 1980 with funds from Utah Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
The Master of Frankfurt, The Netherlands 1460 d.c.1520-c.33 / Virgin and Child with Saint James the Pilgrim, Saint Catherine and the Donor with Saint Peter c.1496 / Oil on oak panel / 69 x 55.2cm / Purchased 1980 with funds from Utah Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Anthonie Waterloo ‘Two travellers resting in a wood’ 1640-90
Anthonie Waterloo, The Netherlands c.1610-90 / Two travellers resting in a wood (from ‘Six large upright landscapes’ series) 1640-90 / Etching on paper / 31.1 x 25.7cm / Purchased 1996 with a special allocation from the Queensland Government. Celebrating the Queensland Art Gallery’s Centenary 1895-1995 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Unknown ‘Netsuke: (dog with ball)’ 19th century
Unknown, Japan / Netsuke: (dog with ball) 19th century / Carved ivory / 3.8 x 2.8 x 2cm / Bequest of Karl and Gertrude Langer 1985 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Teniers the Younger ‘An archery match’ mid-late 19th century
Teniers the Younger, after David, Flanders 1610-90 / An archery match mid-late 19th century / Oil on oak panel / 36.1 x 53.2cm / Acc. 1:0002 / Bequest of The Hon. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior MLC 1892 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Richard Daintree ‘(Gold miners’ bark hut)’ c.1870
Richard Daintree, England/Australia 1832-78 / (Gold miners’ bark hut) (no. 17 from ‘Images of Queensland’ series) c.1870 / Autotype
on paper / 9.8 x 16.5cm (comp.) / Purchased 2009 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 30th Anniversary Appeal / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Utagawa Hiroshige III ‘View of trading companies at Yokohama’ 1871
Utagawa Hiroshige III 1843-94 / View of trading companies at Yokohama (detail) 1871 / Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper / Triptych: 37 x 24.8cm (each panel, approx.), 111 x 74..4cm (overall, approx.) / Purchased 2022 with funds from the Henry and Amanda Bartlett Trust through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Utagawa Hiroshige III 1843-94 / View of trading companies at Yokohama 1871 / Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper / Triptych: 37 x 24.8cm (each panel, approx.), 111 x 74..4cm (overall, approx.) / Purchased 2022 with funds from the Henry and Amanda Bartlett Trust through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Harriet Jane Neville-Rolfe ‘Saw-pit, Lanark’ 1884
Harriet Jane Neville-Rolfe, England/Australia 1850 – 1928 / Saw-pit, Lanark (detail) 1884 / Watercolour over pencil on wove paper / 25.5 x 17.8cm / Gift of the artist’s son in her memory 1964 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Harriet Jane Neville-Rolfe, England/Australia 1850 – 1928 / Saw-pit, Lanark 1884 / Watercolour over pencil on wove paper / 25.5 x 17.8cm / Gift of the artist’s son in her memory 1964 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Hugh Ramsay ‘Jessie with the dog’ 1904
Hugh Ramsay, Australia 1877-1906 / Jessie with the dog 1904 / Oil on canvas / 174.5 x 95.6cm / Gift of Mrs M.T. Tompson through Colonel W.H.J.G. Tompson 1943 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / View full image
Hilda Rix Nicholas ‘The fair musterer’ 1935
Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australia 1884-1961 / The fair musterer 1935 / Oil on canvas / 102.3 x 160.4cm / Purchased 1971 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of the artist / View full image
Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australia 1884-1961 / The fair musterer 1935 / Oil on canvas / 102.3 x 160.4cm / Purchased 1971 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of the artist / View full image
Russell Drysdale ‘Man feeding his dogs’ 1941
Russell Drysdale, Australia 1912-81 / Man feeding his dogs (detail) 1941 / Oil on canvas / 51.2 x 61.4cm / Gift of C.F. Viner-Hall 1961 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © QAGOMA / View full image
Russell Drysdale, Australia 1912-81 / Man feeding his dogs 1941 / Oil on canvas / 51.2 x 61.4cm / Gift of C.F. Viner-Hall 1961 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © QAGOMA / View full image
Jarinyanu David Downs ‘Kurungaiya with streaming coolamon and dogs’ 1989
Jarinyanu David Downs, Wangkajunga/Walmajarri people, Australia c.1925-95 / Kurungaiya with streaming coolamon and dogs 1989 / Natural pigments and synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 183 x 122cm / Purchased 1996 with funds from National Australia Bank Limited through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Jarinyanu David Downs/Copyright Agency / View full image
Various artists ‘Two worlds’ 1995-97
Joanne Currie Nalingu, Gunggari people, Australia b.1964 / Kumantje Jagamara, Warlpiri/Luritja people, Australia c.1946-2020 / Michael Eather, Australia b.1963 / Lin Onus, Yorta Yorta people, Australia 1948-1996 / Christopher Hodges, Australia b.1954 / Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Anmatyerre people, Australia c.1932-2002 / Karen Casey, Palawa people, Australia 1956-2021 / Rick Roser, Jinbara people, Australia b.1955 / Simon Turner, Australia b.1972 / Ruby Abbott Napangardi, Luritja people, Australia b.c.1953 / Barbara Weir, Anmatyerre/Alyawarr peoples, Australia b.c.1945 / Laurie Nilsen, Mandandanji people, Australia 1953-2020 / Stephen Gawulku, Kunibidji people, Australia b.unknown / Bianca Beetson, Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) people, Australia b.1973 / Two worlds (detail) 1995-97 / Synthetic polymer paint, natural pigments, shellac, photocopied images on 75 boards with velvet curtains and rods / 15 panels: 305 x 60cm (each); 300 x 956cm (installed); 2 curtains: 325 x 335cm, 325 x 340cm; 4 curtain rods: 3 x 75cm (each) / Purchased 1997 with funds from an anonymous donor through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation and from a special allocation from the Queensland Government. Celebrating the Queensland Art Gallery’s Centenary 1895-1995 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © The artists / View full image
Joanne Currie Nalingu, Gunggari people, Australia b.1964 / Kumantje Jagamara, Warlpiri/Luritja people, Australia c.1946-2020 / Michael Eather, Australia b.1963 / Lin Onus, Yorta Yorta people, Australia 1948-1996 / Christopher Hodges, Australia b.1954 / Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Anmatyerre people, Australia c.1932-2002 / Karen Casey, Palawa people, Australia 1956-2021 / Rick Roser, Jinbara people, Australia b.1955 / Simon Turner, Australia b.1972 / Ruby Abbott Napangardi, Luritja people, Australia b.c.1953 / Barbara Weir, Anmatyerre/Alyawarr peoples, Australia b.c.1945 / Laurie Nilsen, Mandandanji people, Australia 1953-2020 / Stephen Gawulku, Kunibidji people, Australia b.unknown / Bianca Beetson, Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) people, Australia b.1973 / Two worlds 1995-97 / Synthetic polymer paint, natural pigments, shellac, photocopied images on 75 boards with velvet curtains and rods / 15 panels: 305 x 60cm (each); 300 x 956cm (installed); 2 curtains: 325 x 335cm, 325 x 340cm; 4 curtain rods: 3 x 75cm (each) / Purchased 1997 with funds from an anonymous donor through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation and from a special allocation from the Queensland Government. Celebrating the Queensland Art Gallery’s Centenary 1895-1995 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © The artists / View full image
eX de Medici ‘The theory of everything’ 2005
eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / The theory of everything 2005 / Watercolour and metallic pigment on paper / 114.3 x 176.3cm / Purchased 2005 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici / View full image
eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / The theory of everything 2005 / Watercolour and metallic pigment on paper / 114.3 x 176.3cm / Purchased 2005 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici / View full image
Garry Namponan ‘Yellow-patched camp dog‘ 2006
Garry Namponan, Wik-Alkan/Wik-Ngatharr people, Australia b.1960 / Yellow-patched camp dog 2006 / Carved milkwood with natural pigments and synthetic polymer paint / 86 x 50 x 30cm / Purchased 2007. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Garry Namponan / View full image
David Marpoondin ‘Sitting ku’ (camp dog)’ 2009
David Marpoondin, Wik-Ngathan/Wik-Me’an people, Australia b.1968 / Sitting ku’ (camp dog) 2009 / Carved milkwood (Alstonia muellerana) with natural pigments, charcoal and acrylic binder / 37 x 63 x 41cm / Purchased 2010 with funds from the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © David Marpoondin
Acc. 2010.593 / View full image
Gimhongsok ’Canine Construction’ 2009
Gimhongsok, South Korea b.1964 / Canine Construction 2009 / Resin / 162 x 235 x 88cm / Purchased 2012. Queensland Art Gallery / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Gimhongsok / View full image
Teho Ropeyarn ‘Athumu paypa adthinhuunamu (my birth certificate)’ 2022
Teho Ropeyarn, Angkamuthi and Yadhaykana clans of the Apudthama Nation, Australia b.1988 / Athumu Paypa Adthinhuunamu (my birth certificate) 2022 / Vinyl-cut prints on paper with audio component / Six panels: 350 x 120cm (each); 350 x 720cm (overall) / Purchased 2023 with funds raised through the QAGOMA Foundation Appeal / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Teho Ropeyarn / View full image
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