Introduction
Lambert was born in St Petersburg, Russia, the posthumous son of George Washington Lambert (1833 – 25 July 1873, in London) of Baltimore, Maryland. The younger Lambert's mother was Annie Matilda, née Firth, an Englishwoman. Mother and son soon moved to Württemberg, Germany, to be with Lambert's maternal grandfather. Lambert was educated at Kingston College, Yeovil, Somerset. The family, consisting of Lambert, his mother and three sisters, decided to emigrate to Australia. They arrived in Sydney aboard the Bengal on 20 January 1887.
George Lambert.
Lambert became an official Australian war artist in 1917 during the First World War. His painting, 'Anzac, The landing' (1915) depicted the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, which is the largest painting at the Australian War Memorial collection. Lambert, as an honorary captain, travelled to Gallipoli in 1919 to make sketches for the painting. Another noted work was 'A Sergeant of the Light Horse' (1920), painted in London after his travels in Palestine.
Anzac, The landing (1915).
Note: Most artists who draw, paint for a living!
Lambert married Amelia Beatrice 'Amy' Absell (1872–1963) in 1900. Their children were Maurice Lambert (1901–1964), a noted sculptor and associate of the Royal Academy. Constant Lambert, the British composer and conductor, born in London in 1905. Finally, Kit Lambert (1935–1981), who was their grandchild, and a manager of the rock group 'The Who.'
Lambert's sketch of his wife and child.
Lambert died on 29 May 1930 at Cobbitty, near Camden, New South Wales (Australia), and is buried in the Anglican section of South Head Cemetery. Some of his family papers from 1874-1942 are held in the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia).
George Lambert's Drawings
Title: Déjeuner de la femme-de-ménage (ca. 1901-1905).
Notes: Sitter is the artist's wife.
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 27.5 x 22.9 cm.
Purchase: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1967).
Notes: Head study of Mrs Lambert (ca. 1901-1905).
Portrait of the artist's wife was drawn in London. In her biography of Lambert, "Thirty Years of an Artist's Life", Amy Lambert recalls that in the early years of the century when Lambert and his wife were living in London, 'he would sign his drawings as "G. W. Lambert of NSW" as there was another G.W. Lambert in the field of illustration.' See Amy Lambert, Thirty Years of an Artist's Life, Sydney 1938 (page 37).
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 29.5 x 22.9 cm.
Purchase: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1967).
Notes Drawing of a woman. Inscribed "GWL".
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 27.6 x 22.9 cm.
Purchase: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1967).
Notes: Sketch of a male model. Inscribed in lower case "GWL".
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 27.6 x 22.9 cm.
Gifted by Mrs Maurice Lambert: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1970).
Notes: Sketch of a crouching tiger.
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 12.6 x 19.7 cm.
Gifted by Mrs Maurice Lambert: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1970).
Reference:
[1] Australian Drawings in the Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle (1982).
Lambert was born in St Petersburg, Russia, the posthumous son of George Washington Lambert (1833 – 25 July 1873, in London) of Baltimore, Maryland. The younger Lambert's mother was Annie Matilda, née Firth, an Englishwoman. Mother and son soon moved to Württemberg, Germany, to be with Lambert's maternal grandfather. Lambert was educated at Kingston College, Yeovil, Somerset. The family, consisting of Lambert, his mother and three sisters, decided to emigrate to Australia. They arrived in Sydney aboard the Bengal on 20 January 1887.
Lambert became an official Australian war artist in 1917 during the First World War. His painting, 'Anzac, The landing' (1915) depicted the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, which is the largest painting at the Australian War Memorial collection. Lambert, as an honorary captain, travelled to Gallipoli in 1919 to make sketches for the painting. Another noted work was 'A Sergeant of the Light Horse' (1920), painted in London after his travels in Palestine.
Note: Most artists who draw, paint for a living!
Lambert married Amelia Beatrice 'Amy' Absell (1872–1963) in 1900. Their children were Maurice Lambert (1901–1964), a noted sculptor and associate of the Royal Academy. Constant Lambert, the British composer and conductor, born in London in 1905. Finally, Kit Lambert (1935–1981), who was their grandchild, and a manager of the rock group 'The Who.'
Lambert died on 29 May 1930 at Cobbitty, near Camden, New South Wales (Australia), and is buried in the Anglican section of South Head Cemetery. Some of his family papers from 1874-1942 are held in the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia).
George Lambert's Drawings
Notes: Sitter is the artist's wife.
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 27.5 x 22.9 cm.
Purchase: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1967).
Portrait of the artist's wife was drawn in London. In her biography of Lambert, "Thirty Years of an Artist's Life", Amy Lambert recalls that in the early years of the century when Lambert and his wife were living in London, 'he would sign his drawings as "G. W. Lambert of NSW" as there was another G.W. Lambert in the field of illustration.' See Amy Lambert, Thirty Years of an Artist's Life, Sydney 1938 (page 37).
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 29.5 x 22.9 cm.
Purchase: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1967).
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 27.6 x 22.9 cm.
Purchase: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1967).
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 27.6 x 22.9 cm.
Gifted by Mrs Maurice Lambert: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1970).
Techniques and Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: 12.6 x 19.7 cm.
Gifted by Mrs Maurice Lambert: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery (1970).
Reference:
[1] Australian Drawings in the Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle (1982).
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