In Shearing the rams, Tom Roberts painted the mainstay of the Australian colony.

In this portrait of bereavement, Frederick McCubbin has characterised both loss and hardship. The scenario seems initially clear but the painting leav...

Here is a late 19th century artist who could paint children who were not lost or destitute or dead but exhibiting good-humoured curiosity, the hallmar...

Arthur Streeton was a fan of the English poet Percy Shelley as revealed in this painting’s title. Immediately hailed as a masterpiece, the painting’s ...

Arthur Streeton and Sydney were each other’s gift. Sydney provided the perfect outdoor subjects for an Impressionist and Streeton become the champion ...

This painting was one of Streeton’s few nods to symbolism. His allegorical Spirit of the Drought is placed on an Impressionist landscape and to that l...

The 9 x 5 impression exhibition set out to educate the Australian public in international art practice.

What makes a great portrait? Perhaps when it generates enduring interest in the subject’s character – and what a layering of possibilities there is in...

Australian composer Marshall Hall was an advocate for Australian Impressionist art and an admirer of Arthur Streeton, buying several of his works. Str...

Golda Abrahams was the wife of Louis Abrahams, who was a friend of Roberts and McCubbin. Roberts painted this portrait as a wedding present for the co...