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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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Arthur Streeton
1867 – 1943A leading figure of the Heidelberg School, Streeton painted sunlit Australian pastoral scenes, Sydney Harbour and, later, the First World War front as an official war artist.
MelbourneSydney30 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
Clarice Beckett
1887 – 1935Beckett painted misty, tonal views of Melbourne's bayside suburbs in the early morning and at dusk; overlooked in her lifetime, she is now counted among Australia's finest painters.
Melbourne17 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
David Davies
1864 – 1939Associated with the Heidelberg School, Davies painted soft evening and moonlit views around Templestowe before settling in Cornwall.
Melbourne14 works
George Grosvenor Thomas
1856 – 1923Sydney-born Grosvenor Thomas moved to England and painted impressionist landscapes and still lifes.
Sydney13 works