Monday, October 2, 2006

australian landscape artists 101

following a chat w/ JP on friday - wondering and thinking about the early Australian landscape artists - what constituted a vista to them, how they set their pictures up as instructional documents as well as picture-making for victorian audiences... and in addition, where did they go? I could go there too...

EUGENE von GUERARD
Born Vienna 1811, Died London 1901



VIEW OF LAKE ILLAWARRA WITH DISTANT
MOUNTAINS OF KIAMA, 1860
oil on canvas, 51 x 85 cm


NORTH-EAST VIEW FROM THE NORTHERN TOP OF MOUNT KOSCIUSKO, c. 1864
oil on canvas, 66.5 x 116.8 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra





FERNTREE GULLY IN THE DANDENONG RANGES, 1857
oil on canvas, 92.0 x 138.0 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra



BUSHFIRE BETWEEN MOUNT ELEPHANT AND
TIMBOON, MARCH 1857
, 1859
oil on canvas, mounted on board
34.8 x 56.3 cm
Collection: Ballarat Fine Art Gallery


good website here re Eugene and many others - http://www.artistsfootsteps.com

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