Sydney Harbour with Fort Denison' is a wonderful example of Elioth Gruner’s extraordinary talent for depicting light. Unlike Lloyd Rees, Gruner does not ‘celebrate’ nature and the landscape; he is too quiet for that. His world is a place of harmony and affirmation, in which he gently explores the moods of nature through tones of light and the subtle evocations of climate and temperature. And y…

Provenance

James R. Lawson Auctioneers, An Important Collection of Antique and Period Furniture, Fine Art Effects, Sydney, 22–23 June 1948, lot 324, titled 'Sydney Harbour, showing Fort Denison'; Private collection; William S. Ellenden, Fine Australian Paintings and Certain European Paintings, Sydney, 12 May 1976, lot 110; Private collection, Sydney; Bonhams, Important Australian Art; Sydney, 25/11/2013, Lot No. 8; Private collection, Sydney