View of Geelong

{{Short description|1856 painting by Eugene von Guerard}}

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View of Geelong is an 1856 oil painting on canvas by Eugene von Guerard. The painting measures 154.5 x 89 cm and is owned by the Geelong Art Gallery in Victoria, Australia.[http://collections.geelonggallery.org.au/collections/#details=ecatalogue.4937 View of Geelong] at the Geelong Gallery

It was purchased from English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber for $3.8M. The purchase is the second highest ever for an Australian work of art, with the top being $5.3M paid by the National Gallery of Australia for a portrait of Captain James Cook by John Webber. [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19709055%255E2902,00.html]{{dead link|date=June 2014}}

Lloyd Webber had bought the painting in 1996 for A$1.98 million.{{cite news |url=https://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/lloyd-webber-sells-geelong-masterpiece/2006/05/12/1146940719620.html |title=Lloyd Webber sells Geelong masterpiece |date=12 May 2006 |newspaper=The Age |access-date=8 June 2018}}

In 1996, the painting was loaned to the Geelong Art Gallery, where it proved popular.[http://www.geelonggallery.org.au/events/view_of_geelong.htm The future of a Geelong icon needs your support], Geelong Art Gallery {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928103221/http://www.geelonggallery.org.au/events/view_of_geelong.htm |date=September 28, 2007 }}

In 2005, Lloyd Webber offered the painting for sale via auction house Christie's of London, giving the Geelong Gallery first right of refusal. On 7 July 2006 the Geelong Gallery purchased the painting for permanent display in the Geelong Gallery, after being offered $1.5 million from the Victorian state government and the remainder being sought via a community fundraising appeal.{{cite news |last=Watson |first=Bronwyn |date=30 July 2016 |title=Eugene von Guerard's View of Geelong a {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|glimps}} of Victoria's promise |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/eugene-von-guerards-view-of-geelong-a-glimps-of-victorias-promise/news-story/30c08e5db9ac1a8e2587ac01301ea527 |newspaper=The Australian |accessdate=12 January 2018 |url-access=subscription }}