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Illuminated address presented to R. Büring [D 8270/1-2(Misc)] • Artwork

Illuminated address presented to R. Büring

Adelaider Liedertafel 1858 (Choir), 1906, Artwork, D 8270/1(Misc)

Address in wooden frame

Illuminated address presented to R. Büring

Adelaider Liedertafel 1858 (Choir), 1906, Artwork, D 8270/2(Misc)

Text of address (detail)

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Summary

Illuminated address in German to R. (Rudolph) Büring from the Adelaider Liedertafel "for the many friendly services rendered by their President to your honourable members", signed by Oscar Bauer, Vice-President and F. Ochernal, Secretary, Adelaide 27 April 1906. Artist was Adolph Wilhelm Rudolph (Rudi) Büring (his nephew), whose signature 'RB' appears around the bottom section of the artwork. The top section is a design of eucalyptus leaves and seed pods in art nouveau style, with a lyre drawn above the text, in watercolour and gold ink. The address is framed in a lyre-shaped carved wooden frame. On the verso is a label for the S.A. Society of Arts dated 19.V.06. According to a researcher, it was listed in the Annual Exhibition catalogue of 1906 as being catalogue item number 61.

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Physical description

Artwork (illuminated address);
carved wooden frame
26.7 cm x 20.5 cm (image), 41.8 cm x 34.7 cm x 4 cm (frame)

Dates / Publication details

1906

Creator

Adelaider Liedertafel 1858 (Choir

Subject

Büring, Heinrich Franz Rudolph, 1844-1923
Adelaider Liedertafel 1858 (Choir)
Illuminated books and manuscripts

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Formatted content

D 8270/1(Misc): Address in wooden frame
D 8270/2(Misc): Text of address (detail)

Historical information

Heinrich Franz Rudolph Buring was born in Berlin, arrived in SA in August 1849 on the 'Princess Louise' from Hamburg and became a well-known tobacconist in Adelaide. His younger brother Theodor Gustav Hermann Büring (1846-1919) was the father of the artist of this item. Adolph Wilhelm Rudolph (Rudi) Büring became secretary and director of his father's business in 1910 and its managing director from 1934-1950. He was an accomplished artist, receiving commissions to execute illuminated address for dignitaries of his day.

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