- Herbert Rose
Herbert Rose (1890 – January 1937) was an
Australia n painter and etcher.Rose was born at Windsor,
Melbourne the son of George Rose, a photographer. Herbert Rose assisted his father's photographic business, he studied art at theNational Gallery of Victoria School from 1914 to 1918 and atParis . He travelled much in Europe, North Africa and Asia, and excelled in painting eastern crowds and architecture. He exhibited at theRoyal Academy and other important exhibitions in Europe and theUnited States , and had successful one man shows in Australia. Harold Herbert described his painting of sunlight in the Sedon Galleries exhibition catalogue (1937): "His sunlight is warm and glows with that ”inner glow” that is the despair of so many painters."Rose died at
Delhi ,India , fromsmallpox about the middle of January 1937. He was a capable painter in both oils and water-colours, and also did interesting work in etching. He is represented in the Melbourne and other Australian galleries.References
*Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Herbert|Last=Rose|Link=http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogR.html#rose1
* [http://www.mcclellandgallery.com/index.php?prfPageId=past/past46 Herbert Rose] at McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park
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