![]() ![]() Alder trained in the family’s taxidermy and casting business ‘Alder and Company’ in Islington, London before he arrived in Brisbane in early 1862, and probably worked for the taxidermy business ‘Arundell and Alder’ before travelling to Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland in 1864, where he spent some time collecting specimens.Īlder was the most prominent taxidermist in colonial Queensland and from 1907, was widely admired for his dioramas which he painted for the Queensland Museum when it occupied the Exhibition Building (illustrated). This species has disappeared from much of its former range in northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland.Īlder was the eighth of ten children, his father, Anthony Alder Snr, was a taxidermist and his mother Elizabeth Arundell was a naturalist. Red-tailed Black Cockatoos by Anthony Alder (1838-1915) dated c.1895 (illustrated) shows a male and female pair of Red-tailed Black Cockatoos ( Calyptorhynchus banksii), also known as Banksian or Banks’ Black Cockatoo, native to Australia and found in eucalyptus woodlands or along water courses. ![]() This is the first of a two part focus on Red-tailed Black Cockatoos, a partner to another work by the artist in the QAGOMA Collection Heron’s home.ĪRTWORK STORIES: Delve into QAGOMA’s Collection highlights for a rich exploration of the work and its creatorĪRTISTS & ARTWORKS: Explore more works by Anthony Alder in the QAGOMA CollectionĭELVE DEEPER: Go behind-the-scenes as we reframe ‘Red-tailed Black Cockatoos’ Currently on display in the Australian Art Collection (Gallery 10, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Galleries) at the Queensland Art Gallery is an oil painting that has recently been conserved while research into a replica frame have brought it back to its former glory. Large scale paintings from Queensland’s Colonial period are extremely rare. ![]()
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