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a.v.n. jones & co. : surfing
jigsaws, 1930
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Artistic
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Bushlands Surfing Beaches Mountain Scenery Great Barrier Reef Sport and Social Life Size About 15 x 10 |
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Jones & Co, Ltd. 64 Fore Street, London, England. Notes: Matania |
National Travel Association, Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London, W.C.2. and "The Sphere". Made in
England
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The South African Series of
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(Cardboard on plywood) The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles Surf-Riding
at Muizenberg: (Charles E. Turner) Image courtesy of Notes: Turner |
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The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles. Surf-riding
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(Cardboard on plywood) The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles Surf-Riding. |
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The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles. Surf-Riding |
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Coloured box cover:
The South African Series of Jigsaw Puzzles. Poster: Surf-Riding in South Africa Union-Castle Line, c1930. |
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Henry
initially noted:
"From an
original painting by F. Matania (Fortunino Matania), bit on
the web about him, could not find anything about this
picture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunino_Matania
Apparently
he was an internee at Tatura Camp in around 1942, whereas in
the WW1 he was a copious illustrator of “the Sphere” in the
UK.
Be
interesting to know the beach location (I think it could
well have been painted from photo’s or info provided to him,
so not an actual place or surfers), but then again he was in
Oz in 1940’s so could have emigrated earlier, wonder where
the original is?"
References.
Bradshaw, Percy
V.F.: Matania and his work
London : Press
Art School, [19--]
Matania,
Fortunino, b. 1881.; Illustrators - Great Britain - Biography.
"This study
of F. Matania and his technique is the third of a series, to
be completed in twenty parts, dealing with the Art of the
Illustrator".
http://cloud-109.blogspot.com/2010/01/miracles-of-matania-fortunino-matania.html
Drawing
From History : The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania. (due
summer 2011)
http://bookpalacebooks.com/acatalog/
Book_Palace_Books_Drawing_From_History__The_Forgotten_Art_of_Fortunino_Matania_55.html
The Sphere
Newspaper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sphere_(28newspaper)
The
Sphere (full title: The Sphere: An Illustrated Newspaper
for the Home) was a British newspaper, published weekly
from 27 January 1900 until the closure of the paper on 27
June 1964; the first issue came out at the height of the
Boer War and was no doubt a product of that conflict and
the public appetite for images.
At the
time, it was in direct competition with The Graphic and
Illustrated London News.
Fortunino
Matania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunino_Matania
"In 1904,
Matania joined the staff of The Sphere where some of his
most famous work was to appear, including his illustrations
of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
Around
1906-1910 he painted the life in the lobby of the Roman
Hotel Excelsior". (see link below).
"At the
outbreak of the First World War, Matania became a war artist
and was acclaimed for his graphic and realistic images of
trench warfare.
His painting
for the Blue Cross entitled Goodbye, Old Man, showing a
British soldier saying farewell to his dying horse, is a
fine example of his emotive work.
But it was
after the war, when he switched to scenes of ancient high
life for the British woman's magazine, Britannia and Eve,
that Matania found his real career.
...
When
Britannia and Eve was launched in 1929, Matania became one
of its first contributors."
Ancient
history images by Matania at Look and Learn.
http://www.lookandlearn.com/cgi-bin/if.cgi?search=Matania&x=0&y=0&cat=
The Australian National Travel Association
"The
Australian National Travel Association (ANTA) was
established on 1 July 1929, 'to place Australia on the
world's travel map and keep it there'.
Although a
proportion of its funding was provided by the Federal
Government, ANTA was governed by a board representing the
interests of Australian Railways, shipping, hotel and other
business that stood to benefit from an increase in tourism.
Additional
funds were levied from members and raised from the sales of
the magazine Walkabout, published from 1934 to 1974."
- National
Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun/anta.html
"In
consequence of a recommendation by the Development and
Migration Commission, the Australian National Travel
Association was inaugurated by the Commonwealth Government
in 1929 as a national, non-profit organisation under the
Companies Act 1928 of Victoria.
The
Commonwealth Government authorised an annual contribution of
$4,000 for five years to ANTA, whose initial annual budget
was $35,000.
By 1930
Australian publicity and travel pro-motion offices were
established in London and San Francisco."
-
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1301.0 - Year Book
Australia, 1966
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyCatalogue/6B789FD40CFBCD9ACA2569DE00287B12?OpenDocument
"# 2
"Surf-riding at Muizenberg: The Queen of the Cape
CoastWatering Places" by Charles E. Turner, it’s the version
on
http://www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/jones/south_african_series/surf-riding/
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I have two
of this one, both missing a number of pieces, as they are
hand cut I cannot inter-change the pieces to make the full
set.
Deciding if
I should take up an offer of £9 per piece for the 3 missing
pieces in the better condition one I have.
The box of
this one has been written on mentioning Xmas gift in 1931.
I also have
an old South African travel book (Cook’s Tours in South
Africa, for the 1934/35 travel season) which has same
illustration in it".
and
"Charles E.
Turner (b.1893; d.1965)
Charles E.
Turner was born in Lancaster, but based in Liverpool, an
artist who specialised in landscape and marine views.
Proficient
in watercolours aand oils, Turner exhibited at the Royal
Academy in London as well as Manchester and Liverpool.
Turner
fought in both the First and Second World Wars, as a
captain, Fleet Air Arm, combining active service with
service as a war artist, signing his work C.E. Turner.
Inter-war
Turner had developed series of illustrations for Thomas
Forman and Cunard, becoming a 'series of excellent
postcards'.
His
best-known work, however, dates from the two wars.
Turner
designed for Churchill Cigar Boxes, and, alongside paintings
demonstrating his first-hand experience of combat, produced
illustrations for Illustrated London News and Sphere
magazines.
These
included 'closely observed and highly detailed' naval
actions, which presented 'a heightened sense of the drama of
events and these appeared as double-page spreads'.
He died on
April 14 1965.
Many of his
oil and watercolour paintings of the two World Wars are
preserved in the collection of the National Maritime Museum,
London, and at the IWM, London."
- Information collated from: National Maritime Museum, Biography of Charles E Turner.
Surfboard Riding.
Eric Rosenthal
notes:
"Surfboards
were used at Muizenberg in 1904.
They were
made by H.W. Porter, a local boat builder, from 2.2 cm (1
in.) pine shelving.
The
dimensions were 1.5 m (5 ft.) long by 45 cm (18 in.) wide."
- Rosenthal,
Eric, Total South Africa (Pty) Limited: Total Book of
South African Records.
Delta Books,
1982, page 141.
See Source
Documents:
1921 Lord
Hamilton : Surfriding
at Muizenberg, South Africa.
and
1922 Agatha Christie : Torquay,
Muizenberg, and Waikiki.
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