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Ernest William Christmas b. 28 January 1863

Artist (Painter)

Ernest William Christmas, painter, was born in South Australia. The Christmas family moved to Western Australia about 1889. An extensive traveler, he spent time in Western Australia, New Zealand, South America, England, the USA, and Hawaii. Christmas mainly painted landscapes featuring dramatic rivers at sunset and snow capped mountain peaks.

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Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art

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http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/

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Monterey Museum of Art, CA, USA

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E. W. Christmas “Mount Tamalpais (Autumn Clouds Marin County, CA)c. 1915 oil on canvas, 45.7 × 60.3 cm Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ross Aiken. Acc. no. 1976.041

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http://collections.montereyart.org/
State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia

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Ernest W. Christmas “River landscape” 1898 oil on canvas, 89.5 × 133.5 cm Purchased 1971. Acc. no. 1971/0P13

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http://collection.artgallerywa.gov.au/
National Library of New Zealand

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Ernest W. Christmas “Winter, Upper Reaches of the Routeburn” c.1906 oil 35/6 × 48.2 cm Ref. G-473

(see_New Zealand Mail_6 June 1906, p.71).

Ernest W. Christmas “View of Hanalei Bay, Kauai North” c. 1917. watercolour 29 × 38 cm Purchased Christchurch, Dec. 1967. Ref. A-093-018

Library also holds 30 items of ephemera and a few letters.

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Ernest William Christmas b. 28 January 1863

Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art

Monterey Museum of Art, CA, USA

State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia

National Library of New Zealand

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