I recall as a young-ish technical producer working with "Dame Edna" on an awards show at the Grosvenor House Hotel in the early '90s, where the stage lighting failed. Yet still he soldiered-on and turned the occurence into humour. When I went to apoligise afterwards (a high stack of chairs in a side store room toppled and hit the power breaker) he remained in character and was so generous-spirited about it, saying it added to the drama of the occasion. A great chap.
Indeed, he will be missed. My son and I went to his show in Denver many years ago and it's one of those times I laughed till it hurt. I remember saying to my son as we went out for intermission, "I hope the second half isn't as funny as the first, I can't stand any more pain!" Of course it was just as funny if not more so. I've never missed a chance online or anywhere else to catch one of his performances, he was truly a genius.
Well, yes. A mate and I went to his first show in London - we're talking fifty years or so ago - and found ourselves in seats just below him on the stage and dreaded he would call on us, but then he fixed on a woman nearby and asked her to describe her bathroom. I laughed to the point where I thought I'd throw up. As you say, he was a genuis. Robert, uk
It was so brilliant of Barry to create Dame Edna and her alter character Sir Les. And from time-to-time, Barry would be in the middle of those two. Such a unique, rich comedic mind!!
Charles Conder was actually English, although he spent important early years in Australia and was a member of the so-called 'Heidelberg School'. A beautiful artist.
I saw him on stage several times. He was magnificent! A true artist! I heard once that he reacted ruefully when people said: 'I would like to see you in a real play.' I can understand why, but I also understand the comment. His gifts were so prodigious that he made it look so easy, as if he was not being stretched at all! Rather like Dame Joan Sutherland in that sense. Magnificent! Thank you for the video!
The last time I saw Barry was on 24 Oct 2019 at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, I smile just thinking about that evening and the man himself, brilliant wit, such a shame he’s passed on. I’m lucky enough to have two of his paintings 🖼️ (watercolours), one painted in South Australia and the other in St Tropez. It’s a shame “his collection’ is being sold … nothing is forever 😌
Just watch his Wogan apearance when the other guest was the now returning president and his first wife. It's all there - Dame Edna could see it all coming. Rest in peace Barry.
I laughed like a drain when poor Michael Parkinson tried (and failed) to rein in Dame Edna’s latest rant, and I can never thank ‘her’ for bringing a smile to the face of a desperately unhappy little girl. RIP.
Barry Humphries certainly had an enormous passion for the Arts - A fabulous collect of art and books - He collected what he really loved for a life without art would be a life not worth living...
I remember watching a doc about Barry Humphries on TH-cam called The Man Inside Dame Edna, it is worth watching because Barry Humphries is and was a interesting man, it is a shame he never wrote his Autobiography which I think would have been interesting
I have been a fan since childhood. Not many people can reduce you to tears of laughter for decades. Often their humour ages. Not Dame Edna always sharp as a tack. I always liked the chat show he hosted where Dame E would put sticky name badges on guests "so people knew who they were". It could be a Hollywood A-lister but they all got one and knew who the real star was LOL. "Give us a badge Madge" (Madge his bridesmaid and his sidekick) He is missed x
Mr. Barry Humphries whole rare and interesting collection should have been in a museum for everyone to appreciate it, learn from it, and enjoy it, as he did. So sad to see it broken up and sold off bit by bit, especially since it took him his whole life to collect and that he loved it so, makes it worse. Sad, sad, sad.
And which museum would you propose should buy the whole collection and go through the expense of displaying it? And have you thought that his son might have welcomed this, but then somehow rather cavalierly and greedily sought to make money from his father's estate? You show no respect for the family's - and possibly Humphries' - wishes.
@@2eleven48 Go through the expense of displaying it? That's what museums are for. Respect or no, I still say it is sad to break up such a marvelous and rare collection, and that is true, and you suggest that it was possibly Mr. Humphries wishes to sell off bits and pieces of his prized collection, seems odd, since he loved it so, and so says his son in this video. They can all do what they want with it, but to me, it is a sad thing.
why? he collected stuff..gave him somehow a feeling of belonging or some stuff to hold on to and make sense of the world. That, in effect, is the only reason why people collect anything. Once he's dead that's over and the pieces can go to other obsessive horders.....maybe the son doesn't care to collect and keep all that stuff that in the end doesn't mean anything to him? good for him to collect the money and spend it on things he truly likes...we only pass here once...each in his own way.....dead is dead..next
I met Barry a year or so before he died in Potts Point at Billy Kwongs. He must have been a regular there as he and Billy seemed to get on very well. He was wearing his wide brim hat and working on a new project at the time.
@laurence1654 It's not everything that Barry collected over his lifetime. 250 pieces - carefully selected by Oscar, a curator himself, and the Christies specialists. Barry's family and friends will already have taken mementoes that are meaningful to them. But clearly there was an agreement to release some pieces for art institutions and private collectors to acquire. There will be significant interest from Australia. The business of storing the whole collection, and insuring it, was a path the Humphries family chose not to take. It was time to cash out while Barry's legacy is still current, and enjoy their lives.
So he landed in London in 1959. Well it only took him a year before he was appearing on the West End stage as the Undertaker, Mr Sowerberry, in the original 1960 production of Lionel Bart's new musical, 'Oliver!'
Alexander Rothaug, Austrian 1870-1946. Don't ask how on earth I found out; just one of those random Google pieces of luck. I started with the few letters I could make out on the bottom of the frame, which turned out to be the title of the painting...
@@steelcrown7130 Thank you so much for your reply.... I did a similar thing & found out a lot about this remarkable artist.... I even found a painting for sale of his at Sotheby's Thanks again
@smallssmalls3889 It's just 250 pieces that Christies have been given to auction. From Barry's decades of collecting. I'm sure many items have already gone to family and friends. But probably noone wants to store (and insure!) all of it. They've released these pieces for galleries, institutions and other collectors to acquire. I imagine there will be significant interest from Australian bidders. → Another option would have been to try and fund a 'Barry Gallery' and retain all his art as a permanent collection. Maybe that seemed too dead and stuffy an idea for such a sparky individual. The other obvious motivation is for the Humphries family to cash out while his legacy is still fresh.
@ub4079 I'm sure Barry sired more than one child. A daughter comes to mind. He may already have been a grandfather when he unexpectedly died - but I'd have to check.
I will make a bet that as Oscar gets older, he will deeply regret selling off his fathers collection. I know I did, and spent millions trying to buy it all back. Never sell your property, art, antique and book inheritance.
A renaissance man, of wit and charm, and definitely one of a kind. Sad he is gone, but when I see an image of him, I smile.
Such a lovely facet of a wildly entertaining man, that he should be attracted to books like a bookworm. He is missed. Great, wonderful artist himself.
I recall as a young-ish technical producer working with "Dame Edna" on an awards show at the Grosvenor House Hotel in the early '90s, where the stage lighting failed. Yet still he soldiered-on and turned the occurence into humour. When I went to apoligise afterwards (a high stack of chairs in a side store room toppled and hit the power breaker) he remained in character and was so generous-spirited about it, saying it added to the drama of the occasion. A great chap.
❤He is dearly missed!
Indeed, he will be missed. My son and I went to his show in Denver many years ago and it's one of those times I laughed till it hurt. I remember saying to my son as we went out for intermission, "I hope the second half isn't as funny as the first, I can't stand any more pain!" Of course it was just as funny if not more so. I've never missed a chance online or anywhere else to catch one of his performances, he was truly a genius.
Well, yes. A mate and I went to his first show in London - we're talking fifty years or so ago - and found ourselves in seats just below him on the stage and dreaded he would call on us, but then he fixed on a woman nearby and asked her to describe her bathroom. I laughed to the point where I thought I'd throw up. As you say, he was a genuis. Robert, uk
It was so brilliant of Barry to create Dame Edna and her alter character Sir Les. And from time-to-time, Barry would be in the middle of those two. Such a unique, rich comedic mind!!
I love the era of artwork of which your father collected and it gives you such a sense of discovery and appreciation.❤😊
Barry Humphries had many sides to him...... all fascinating !!!
I saw him as Dame Edna here in Southern California a couple of times
and he was fantastic. Nice collection.💜💜💜💜
Jeff
Charles Conder was actually English, although he spent important early years in Australia and was a member of the so-called 'Heidelberg School'. A beautiful artist.
Fantastic!
A real Renaissance man - so talented - his collection reflects his character.
I saw him on stage several times. He was magnificent! A true artist! I heard once that he reacted ruefully when people said: 'I would like to see you in a real play.' I can understand why, but I also understand the comment. His gifts were so prodigious that he made it look so easy, as if he was not being stretched at all! Rather like Dame Joan Sutherland in that sense. Magnificent! Thank you for the video!
Such a wonderful person, we always loved Dame Edna...such biting wit.
Such an enigma. I could never abide his politics, but his comedy was everything. I am glad that his family have such beautiful treasures to savour.
Don't you mean "to sell"?
@@joshdrayton1230 Doesn't matter, does it? Savour, sell. T'was still a lovely legacy to inherit.
How wonderful. I’m just watching on a stunning Sydney summer’s day not far from where Barry’s apartment was.
Dame Edna GOT THE LAST LAUGH. Stunning collection.
Some wonderful pictures that will be hotly contested. I hope the family realises a fortune.
Dame Edna and her antagonist are very much missed.
Edna never gets old.
Taste never gets old.
The last time I saw Barry was on 24 Oct 2019 at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, I smile just thinking about that evening and the man himself, brilliant wit, such a shame he’s passed on. I’m lucky enough to have two of his paintings 🖼️ (watercolours), one painted in South Australia and the other in St Tropez. It’s a shame “his collection’ is being sold … nothing is forever 😌
Oh, Barry. Australia just isn't the same with you gone.
Just watch his Wogan apearance when the other guest was the now returning president and his first wife. It's all there - Dame Edna could see it all coming. Rest in peace Barry.
We loved him 🇬🇧 😊 …thanks Oz…! 🇦🇺 🐨 👌🏼
I laughed like a drain when poor Michael Parkinson tried (and failed) to rein in Dame Edna’s latest rant, and I can never thank ‘her’ for bringing a smile to the face of a desperately unhappy little girl. RIP.
Miss you, Barry
Barry Humphries certainly had an enormous passion for the Arts - A fabulous collect of art and books - He collected what he really loved for a life without art would be a life not worth living...
Wow I just looked thru the catalogue. Beautiful collection, though I fail to understand how Kenny isn't credited as designer of the gowns. 😂
I remember watching a doc about Barry Humphries on TH-cam called The Man Inside Dame Edna, it is worth watching because Barry Humphries is and was a interesting man, it is a shame he never wrote his Autobiography which I think would have been interesting
He did. It's called More Please and was published in 1993.
@@lilaleeds6028 I will have too find it
I have been a fan since childhood. Not many people can reduce you to tears of laughter for decades. Often their humour ages. Not Dame Edna always sharp as a tack. I always liked the chat show he hosted where Dame E would put sticky name badges on guests "so people knew who they were". It could be a Hollywood A-lister but they all got one and knew who the real star was LOL. "Give us a badge Madge" (Madge his bridesmaid and his sidekick) He is missed x
Mr. Barry Humphries whole rare and interesting collection should have been in a museum for everyone to appreciate it, learn from it, and enjoy it, as he did. So sad to see it broken up and sold off bit by bit, especially since it took him his whole life to collect and that he loved it so, makes it worse. Sad, sad, sad.
I agree
And which museum would you propose should buy the whole collection and go through the expense of displaying it? And have you thought that his son might have welcomed this, but then somehow rather cavalierly and greedily sought to make money from his father's estate? You show no respect for the family's - and possibly Humphries' - wishes.
@@2eleven48 Go through the expense of displaying it? That's what museums are for. Respect or no, I still say it is sad to break up such a marvelous and rare collection, and that is true, and you suggest that it was possibly Mr. Humphries wishes to sell off bits and pieces of his prized collection, seems odd, since he loved it so, and so says his son in this video. They can all do what they want with it, but to me, it is a sad thing.
why? he collected stuff..gave him somehow a feeling of belonging or some stuff to hold on to and make sense of the world. That, in effect, is the only reason why people collect anything. Once he's dead that's over and the pieces can go to other obsessive horders.....maybe the son doesn't care to collect and keep all that stuff that in the end doesn't mean anything to him? good for him to collect the money and spend it on things he truly likes...we only pass here once...each in his own way.....dead is dead..next
At least we do not have Sir Les Patterson's personal collection of items and reading material,
Yeah, that would be revolting indeed. ;)
Oscar obviously has kept that material for himself to enjoy.
I met Barry a year or so before he died in Potts Point at Billy Kwongs. He must have been a regular there as he and Billy seemed to get on very well. He was wearing his wide brim hat and working on a new project at the time.
He was a wonderful entertainer
Id love to see thos exhibition come to Melbourne
an amazing man
Hi possums!
Dame Edna! 🎉
I can see how the art of Gustav Klimt influenced his drag persona.
Yes a collection which was very important to dad and meant so much to him and was a big part of his life and who he was. And I'm selling it all.
I was wondering how long it would take.
@laurence1654 It's not everything that Barry collected over his lifetime. 250 pieces - carefully selected by Oscar, a curator himself, and the Christies specialists. Barry's family and friends will already have taken mementoes that are meaningful to them. But clearly there was an agreement to release some pieces for art institutions and private collectors to acquire. There will be significant interest from Australia.
The business of storing the whole collection, and insuring it, was a path the Humphries family chose not to take. It was time to cash out while Barry's legacy is still current, and enjoy their lives.
So he landed in London in 1959. Well it only took him a year before he was appearing on the West End stage as the Undertaker, Mr Sowerberry, in the original 1960 production of Lionel Bart's new musical, 'Oliver!'
We miss him too blossom
It reminds me of Edward G Robinson who had two sides to him, and while known as a gangster was like Barry Humphries a collector.
Brings to mind George Melly. Melly was a enthusiastic art collector, particularly modern art. They dressed quite similarly too.
The personal collection of Barry Humphries, Dame Edna's creator | Christie's 20.1.25 1835pm the antipodean antidote to george melly and vice versda.
His son has absolutely no resemblance to his father. Not a smidgeon
Who is the artist at 1:29.????.... centaur with nose on rocks????
Alexander Rothaug, Austrian 1870-1946. Don't ask how on earth I found out; just one of those random Google pieces of luck. I started with the few letters I could make out on the bottom of the frame, which turned out to be the title of the painting...
@@steelcrown7130 Thank you so much for your reply.... I did a similar thing & found out a lot about this remarkable artist.... I even found a painting for sale of his at Sotheby's
Thanks again
@@steelcrown7130 Barry would utterly approve of your dilettante ways !
HELLO POSSUMS!!!!
you miss him so much your'e selling all his stuff
Nailed it.
Ker ching
Why sell it.
@smallssmalls3889 It's just 250 pieces that Christies have been given to auction. From Barry's decades of collecting. I'm sure many items have already gone to family and friends. But probably noone wants to store (and insure!) all of it. They've released these pieces for galleries, institutions and other collectors to acquire. I imagine there will be significant interest from Australian bidders.
→ Another option would have been to try and fund a 'Barry Gallery' and retain all his art as a permanent collection. Maybe that seemed too dead and stuffy an idea for such a sparky individual. The other obvious motivation is for the Humphries family to cash out while his legacy is still fresh.
I could never sell my treasures to strangers
but I guess ones family can. and they do, quite often, especially when it's worth big bucks.
Some of the comments here are ridiculous. Do you really expect children to hold onto all of their parent's possessions?
As I can see the family line just ended...
No more kids in this family😮
@ub4079 I'm sure Barry sired more than one child. A daughter comes to mind. He may already have been a grandfather when he unexpectedly died - but I'd have to check.
I will make a bet that as Oscar gets older, he will deeply regret selling off his fathers collection. I know I did, and spent millions trying to buy it all back. Never sell your property, art, antique and book inheritance.
Aahh Smithers.
Who knew?
At the end of his life he was treated appallingly by the Woke Brigade; they should be ashamed. 🤬
Is that a tattoo of a redback?
No, I think it is a Meta disc from a KEF speaker
So what. Yuck! Good luck with the sale.
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