Short Films - 'An Historical Novel'
‘An Historical Novel’, Hadyn Wilson 2017-2019. Hadyn Wilson. July 2019
Cover image: Joy Lai, photographer State Library NSW
List of contents:
1. ‘An Historical Novel’ paintings
(includes ‘Take Flight’ by Composer Alan Holley, Hammeringsrecords.com
(16 minutes 16 seconds)
2. Girolamo Nerli’s ‘Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson’ 1892 while penning a poem for Nerli
(7 minutes 14 seconds)
3. Charles Conder’s ‘Coogee Bay’. 1888, with #metoo banner and Tom Roberts’ ‘Holiday sketch at Coogee’. 1888, with ‘Men’s Right Movement’ banner
(2 minutes 40 seconds)
4. Elioth Gruner’s ‘The Harbour from Killoutan’ (Double Bay, Sydney). 1919-20, with Levitation Children from the Eastern Suburbs (also known as Suburban Idyll)
(1 minute 36 seconds)
5. Percy Leason’s Marjory Leason in Studio. c. 1920, with iPad
(2 minutes 59 seconds)
6. Bernard Hall’s ‘The Model and the Globe’. c. 1929
(1 minute 31 seconds)
7. Percy Leason’s ‘The Student’. 1921, and Clarice Beckett’s Still Life
(1 minute 31 seconds)
8. Tom Roberts’ ‘An Australian Native’ (Ada Crossley). 1888, with glass falling
(1 minute 49 seconds)
9. Arthur Streeton’s ‘Honesty and artichokes’. 1889, with scrolled parchment in bottle (The Story of Florry)
(2 minutes 37 seconds)
10. Hilda Rix Nicholas’ ‘View from the Garden’. 1920, with Whipper Snipper
(43 seconds)
11. Arthur Streeton’s ‘Balmoral Beach’ (also known as ‘Sorrento, Naples). 1897, with Non Biodegradable product
(58 seconds)
12. Tom Roberts’ ‘The Paris Hat’. 1892, with Apple ear phones
(27 seconds)
13. Portrait of Jessie Traill ‘Proofing an etching by subdued light’ c. 1920 by unknown photographer with ‘The Drinking Man’, 1914 tatt
(48 seconds)
14. Max Meldrum’s ‘My Lady’s Table’. C. 1927, with Clarice Beckett’s signature rose
(1 minute 11 seconds)
15. Arthur Streeton’s ‘Still life with Chops and Eggs’c. 1888 with fragment of Milk Glass vase found at Sirius Cove
(58 seconds)
Girolamo Nerli’s ‘Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson’ 1892 while penning a poem for Nerli
Charles Conder’s ‘Coogee Bay’ and Tom Roberts’ ‘Holiday sketch at Coogee’. 1888
Elioth Gruner’s ‘The Harbour from Killoutan’ (Double Bay, Sydney). 1919-20, with Levitating children from the Eastern Suburbs
Percy Leason’s Marjory Leason in Studio. c. 1920, with iPad
Bernard Hall’s ‘The Model and the Globe’. c. 1929, with ‘New Scientist’ (January edition 2018)
Percy Leason’s ‘The Student’. 1921, and Clarice Beckett’s signature rose
Tom Roberts’ ‘An Australian Native’ (Ada Crossley). 1888, with glass falling
Arthur Streeton’s ‘Honesty and artichokes’. 1889, with scrolled parchment in bottle