'On the Menam River, Bangkok, Siam' by Alexander Kerr, Early Australian Artist, Thailand, Siamese

Description

Signed lower right, 'A. W. Kerr' for Alexander Kerr (Australian, 1875-1950) and painted circa 1920.
Inscribed on original frame, 'Menam … more Signed lower right, 'A. W. Kerr' for Alexander Kerr (Australian, 1875-1950) and painted circa 1920.
Inscribed on original frame, 'Menam River, Bangkok, Siam'

A finely painted, early 20th-century oil landscape showing the Menam River in Thailand with youths on a raft in the foreground and a view beyond to a thatched dwelling and the river winding away through dense forest. Accomplished perspectival recession and delicate handling of light characterize a rare Asian work by this Australian artist who is listed in McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art.

Reference:
Alan McCulloch et al, The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 4th Edition, Australian Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press 2006, pg. 573; Jean Campbell, Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day, Craftsman House, Sydney 1989, pg. 330; et al. less