Percy Grainger, 1904
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Title
Percy Grainger, 1904
Description
Paris-based Australian painter, Rupert Bunny, was commissioned by Percy Grainger to paint this portrait in the first few years of the young musician’s professional career. Bunny depicted Grainger holding a sheet of music and focussed attention on his youthful charisma. Grainger became acquainted with Bunny through Nellie Melba. Bunny had painted a full-length portrait of her a few years earlier.
Artist Jacques-Émile Blanche, a friend of Bunny, described meeting Grainger in 1902. ‘Stupified’ by the encounter, Blanche characterised Grainger as a ‘steely-eyed archangel with the most admirable profile, a lopsided mouth, red as a cactus, and golden hair’.
Artist Jacques-Émile Blanche, a friend of Bunny, described meeting Grainger in 1902. ‘Stupified’ by the encounter, Blanche characterised Grainger as a ‘steely-eyed archangel with the most admirable profile, a lopsided mouth, red as a cactus, and golden hair’.
Creator
Source
Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne
Publisher
Grainger Museum
Date
1904
Rights
Grainger Museum
Identifier
Grainger Museum Collection, 0000.5005