TitleSymons Bros Tile WorksArtistBill ArmstrongDate madec.1962TypePaintingMaterialoil on woodSize570 mm (H) x 690 mm (W) x 25 mm (D)DescriptionFramed oil painting on board of Symons Bros Tile Works. The painting depicts a landscape of drying sheds and pottery chimneys. There is a pond in the foreground and trees are in the background behind the buildings.
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Provenance and SignificanceSymons Bros Tile Works was established in 1895 by two brothers at the end of Wilga Street, Fairfield. With clay deposits between Taylor Street and the banks of Orphan School Creek, the business expanded quickly with kilns able to process 120,000 tiles.
This painting has good documentary and interpretive value in recording the site of a significant local industry. It also complements a watercolour of the same scene by the artist's wife Evelyn Armstrong (now Healy), an accomplished artist who also painted commercially under the name of Lyn Lavelle.
The Armstrongs were founding members of the Cabramatta and District Art Society. NotesHANDWRITING: 'SYMONS TILE WORKS/-NOW DEMOLISHED-/NEAR RLWY LINE FAIRFIELD/ARTIST:MR BILL ARMSTRONG/65 LIME ST/CABRAMATTA/6045651/MEDIUM:OILS/PRICE $'CopyrightYou are free to use this image without permission. Please acknowledge Fairfield City Council.RightsFairfield City Council
