Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1873-1973 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
15 boxes, 9 parcels, 1 oversize folder.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Harold Parker was a sculptor and painter born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1873. His family arrived in Brisbane in 1876. In 1888, he began art training at Brisbane Technical College under the instruction of John Clarke and Godfrey Rivers. He was also instructed in wood carving by C. Vickers About 1891-1892, he did wood carvings for the N.S.W. Forestry Department in Sydney, for the N.S.W. Forestry exhibit at the Chicago Exhibition in 1893 In 1896, he went to London where he studied at the City and Guilds of London Technical Art School at South Kensington. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy about 1903 In 1908, one of Parker's sculptures, "Ariadne", was purchased by the Trustees of the Chantrey bequest for the Tate Gallery, London. In March 1911, he married Janet Robinson, daughter of Major Sir Thomas B. Robinson, Agent-General for Queensland in London. In that year, the Parkers returned to Australia for a visit During his Australian visit, Parker completed a panel in the N.S.W. Art Gallery, Sydney From 1913 to 1918, Parker was involved in producing two large sculptured groups, flanking the entrance to Australia House, London. In 1921-1922, the Parkers visited Australia again His sculpture, "The Pioneer" was awarded a medal at the Paris Salon in 1908. In 1930, the Parkers returned again to Australia and settled permanently in Brisbane. Parker's work is represented in the Art Gallery of Queensland, National Gallery of Victoria, Tate Gallery (London), University of Queensland Art Museum, and the State Library of Queensland.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1873-1973
Collection alternatively titled as: Harold Parker Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal papers, correspondence (incoming and outgoing), financial records, sketchbooks and sketches, newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogues, photographs, artworks. Also some personal papers of Janet Parker.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Series A: Personal papers.
Series B: Correspondence, incoming
Series C: Correspondence, outgoing.
Series D: Janet Parker's correspondence and notebooks.
Series E: Financial records.
Series F: Sketchbooks and sketches.
Series G: Newspaper cuttings.
Series H: Exhibition catalogues, printed material.
Series J: Artworks.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Parker, Harold, 1873-1962 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, AM, 19-Oct-2022. Revised, Linda Justo, 24-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.