Australia artists

Australian artist, botanical illustrator and botanical collector

A 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.

Sydney-born impressionist who lived in France, painted the rugged coast of Belle-Île and counted Monet and van Gogh among his friends.

A 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.

Sydney-born Grosvenor Thomas moved to England and painted impressionist landscapes and still lifes.

Long turned the Australian landscape into Symbolist and Art Nouveau scenes such as Spirit of the Plains, before moving to London in 1910.

A painter, watercolourist and illustrator, Mahony drew bush life, cattle and horses for The Bulletin and other Australian publications.

A modernist who studied in London and Melbourne, Purves Smith painted sharp, satirical scenes of city life and the war years.

Adelaide-born Bowen left for London in 1914, became known for portraits and everyday scenes, and was later an Australian official war artist documenting RAF bomber crews.

Melbourne-born Bunny spent most of his career in Paris, where he won Salon honours for luminous mythological and seaside scenes, before returning home in the 1930s.