There are many Murch figurative works in Australian state and national galleries. See them in Collections.
The works below are from small public and private collections. Thank you to everyone who has supplied images and information.
The art curator, Deborah Edwards has written of Murch’s 1940’s-1960’s successful
period of painting humans in the natural world. She notes: “the heroic nature of
the subject and of motherhood, the golden shimmering light, the placement of
female idols on uninhabited beaches and the connections established with European
classicism, serve to align Murch’s vision to the recurring theme of some ‘Other Eden’
in Australian life and art.”
The fisherman’s daughter, late 1940’s oil on canvas 83 x 56 cm Murch estate
Rock Shelter 1963 Oil on board Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
Beach group c1960 oil on board 36 x 46.5 cms
The yellow dress oil on board 35.5 x 45 cm
Avalon beachgoers 1940’s oil on board 29.5 x 37 cms
Nude on beach towel 1970’s oil on board 45 x 75.5 cm
Sun Worshipper, Thirroul Beach c1933 oil 36 x 26 cms Courtesy Leonard Cox, Muswellbrook
Surfing couple c1955 watercolour 26 x 36 cm Murch estate
Reading on the beach 1982 oil on canvas board 44 x 60 cm
Exploring the headland 1960’s oil on board 62 x 53.5 cm. Private collection
Pale sunlight 1960’s oil on board 60 x 50 cm. Private collection
On the beach oil on board 24 x 35 cm. Private collection
Girl and boy on the rocks 1950’s oil on board
The conversation 1950’s 27 x 37 cm. Courtesy Elinor Wrobel
Study for wet children 1940’s. Private collection
Mother and child by a stream 1950’s oil on board 38 x 45 cm
Sea gully 1960’s oil on board 52 x 72 cm
Figures on the rocks 1950’s watercolour 24 x 34 cm Murch estate
Beach scene – mother and children 1950’s oil on board 49 x 59 cm
Mother and son above the beach 1950’s oil on canvas 56.5 x 71 cm
Beach parade 1960’s oil on canvas 43 x 54 cm. Private collection
Beach Parade (another version)
Mother and children at the beach oil on board 59 x 49 cm
Boys by the sea 1960’s oil on board 29.5 37 cm. Private collection
The swim 1970’s
The conversation (aka The congregation) 1950’s oil on board 26 x 30 cm. Private collection
Private collection
Mother and child on beach gouache on paper 44 x 34 cm
At the beach oil on board. Private collection
Nude on beach oil on masonite 45.5 x 38.2 cm Courtesy Savill Galleries
Mother and children 1950’s oil on board 40.3 x 32.5 cm Courtesy Savill Galleries
The yellow towel c1960 oil on masonite 54.5 x 44.5 cm Courtesy Savill Galleries
Nude with red hair 1960’s or 1970’s oil on board
Mother and child at the beach late 1960’s oil on board 28 x 23 cm Murch estate
Reluctant surfer 1960’s oil on board 24 x 14.5 cm Murch estate
Mother and child on the beach 1970’s lino print paint on paper 24.5 x 32 cm Meg Stewart collection
Lino cut for Mother and child at the beach
