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Australia artists
Where artists of this country were born, trained and worked, what they painted and which of their works are in the catalogue. Pick a city, era or genre.
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Charles Conder
1868 – 1909English-born Conder grew up in Sydney and Melbourne, joined the Heidelberg School circle and became famous for delicate, silk-painted fans and beach scenes before moving to Europe.
MelbourneSydney44 works
Tom Roberts
1856 – 1931English-born Roberts emigrated to Melbourne as a teenager and became the central figure of the Heidelberg School, best known for Shearing the Rams and Coming South.
MelbourneSydney26 works
Frederick McCubbin
1855 – 1917A founding member of the Heidelberg School, McCubbin made the Australian bush a subject for large, emotional paintings such as The Pioneer, and taught generations of Melbourne artists.
Melbourne20 works
John Peter Russell
1858 – 1930Sydney-born impressionist who lived in France, painted the rugged coast of Belle-Île and counted Monet and van Gogh among his friends.
Sydney19 works
Julian Ashton
1851 – 1942English-born Ashton founded the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and urged his students to paint local life and scenery outdoors.
MelbourneSydney19 works
E Phillips Fox
1865 – 1915A Melbourne impressionist, Phillips Fox trained in Melbourne and Paris and painted light-filled scenes of women, children and gardens, as well as the historic Landing of Captain Cook at Botany Bay.
Melbourne17 works
Albert Henry Fullwood
1863 – 1930Fullwood moved to Sydney as a young man, illustrated the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, joined the Heidelberg painters at Sirius Cove and served as an Australian war artist.
MelbourneSydney13 works
George Grosvenor Thomas
1856 – 1923Sydney-born Grosvenor Thomas moved to England and painted impressionist landscapes and still lifes.
Sydney13 works