“The Mutsaers Family Art Exhibition & Australian Cottages Exhibition”

Two Exhibitions over one weekend! Landscapes, cottages and the stories that connect us.
The Weekend of Saturday 17th October and Sunday 18th October Open 10am – 4pm daily
Hear the stories and see the wonderful paintings presented by the personal collections of Mervyn Rae and Cornelius Mutsaers of the paintings by Frank, Gerard and Andrew Mutsaers. Presentations and talks at 10.30am and 2.30pm each day.
Entry will be by donation, to support local history, art and our community.
It’s a Celebration of Australian art, historic places and a unique connection between the Mutsaers family and Chiltern.
It’s a very interesting story so please come along.

*..Cornelius will have copies of the four volumes of his father’s books of paintings to sell.
*..Plus have original artwork by Frank of scenes around Chiltern to exhibit.
* ..He will also have some larger artworks, that will be available for sale.
The Chiltern historic court house is a wonderful preserved building constructed in 1864 to a standard Public Works Department plan. The Chiltern Courthouse is typical of the early courthouse designs, with a main court room flanked by two offices and the public entrance with a segmental arch. Several other courthouses in the state are built to this style and notable examples are found at Yackandandah (1864), Taradale (1866), and Ararat (1865).
A feature of the early public Works Department buildings was that materials were employed from the local stone and clay of the area. The Chiltern building is of particular interest as the distinctive colour of the local red bricks is shown to best advantage by the fine architectural detailing.
The Chiltern court house remains intact and also retains its original courtroom furniture of Judges bench, clerk of courts desk, prisoner dock, press box and witness box. Officially closed on 1st January 1983, not having been visited by a magistrate since 1972.