Jesse Jewhurst Hilder b. 23 July 1881

Also known as J.J. Hilder, pseudonym Anthony Hood
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Hilder's delicate, sensitive landscape watercolours were enthusiastically received when they were first exhibited in the early years of the century. This was in part because of their beauty, but also because he was already suffering from the tuberculosis that eventually killed him.
Tags: Watercolour, Landscape, Tuberculosis
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Citations

  • (1966), 'Jesse Jewhurst Hilder Anniversary Exhibition [catalogue]’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Hilder, Brett in 'Introduction’.

  • 'Death of J.J. Hilder (obituary)’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, 1916-04-12, pg. 11.

  • Souter, D.H. (September/October 1909), 'J.J. Hilder, water-colorist’, Art & Architecture, William Brooks & Co, Sydney, NSW.

  • 'Sydney Society of Artists’, Lone Hand, Sydney, NSW, 1907-10-01, pp 592-593.

  • Smith, Sydney Ure & Stevens, Bertram (eds) (1918), 'The Art of J.J. Hilder’, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW, Includes articles by Bertram Stevens, Harry Julius and Sydney Ure Smith. The introduction was written by Julian Ashton.

  • Hilder, Brett (1966), 'The Heritage of J.J. Hilder’, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Text by Brett Hilder with recollections by the artist’s widow. The foreword was written by Lloyd Rees.

  • Smith, Bernard (1983), 'Hilder, Jesse Jewhurst’.

    http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hilder-jesse-jewhurst-6666

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

  • Prunster, Ursula (1981), ''The Delicate Art’ in J.J. Hilder & Contemporaries exhibition catalogue’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

  • Campbell, Jean (1983), 'Australian Watercolour Painters 1780-1980’, Rigby, Australia.

  • Hilder, Brett (1966), 'The Heritage of J.J. Hilder’, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Text by Brett Hilder with recollections by the artist’s widow. The foreword was written by Lloyd Rees.

  • Ashton, Julian (1941), 'Now came still evening on’, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art (volume I & II)’, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

  • 'DAAO Researcher-in-Residence' supported by the Power Institute Foundation for Art & Visual Culture, University of Sydney

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