25-06-2007, 12:16 AM
Australian Impressionism, Melbourne Exhbition
31 March to 8 July 2007
Level 3, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Admission fees apply
Australian Impressionism looks at âplein airâ and direct painting in Australia in the late nineteenth century. It focuses on the five major artists of the movement - Charles Conder, Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, and Jane Sutherland - in the momentous fourteen years from 1883 (Tom Robertsâ introduction to direct painting in Granada) to 1897 (Arthur Streetonâs departure for Europe).
The exhibition traces the development of the radical new landscape at Box Hill, Mentone and Heidelberg. It examines the lively art world of âMarvellous Melbourneâ and the staging of the famous 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition of August 1889. It follows Roberts and Streeton to New South Wales, to their camp at Sirius Cove and their expeditions to rural New South Wales, including the Hawkesbury River. It looks at the portraiture of Roberts and Streeton, and the emergence of Symbolism in the work of Conder and Streeton, and culminates in a survey of the first great ânationalâ pictures that emerged around the time of the centenary of the European settlement in Australia in 1888.
Australian Impressionism, the first exhibition on the subject since the ground-breaking and immensely popular exhibition Golden Summers: Heidelberg and beyond of 1985, seeks to redefine and introduce this important movement in Australian art history to a new generation. Over 240 works are included from famous iconic images to the lesser-known.
Tickets
as from 5 March 2007
Adult: $15
Concession: $10
Family: $35
(2 adults / 3 children)
NGV Member: $6
NGV Member Family: $16
Unlimited entry tickets
Adult: $35
Concession: $25
NGV Member Adult: $15
31 March to 8 July 2007
Level 3, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Admission fees apply
Australian Impressionism looks at âplein airâ and direct painting in Australia in the late nineteenth century. It focuses on the five major artists of the movement - Charles Conder, Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, and Jane Sutherland - in the momentous fourteen years from 1883 (Tom Robertsâ introduction to direct painting in Granada) to 1897 (Arthur Streetonâs departure for Europe).
The exhibition traces the development of the radical new landscape at Box Hill, Mentone and Heidelberg. It examines the lively art world of âMarvellous Melbourneâ and the staging of the famous 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition of August 1889. It follows Roberts and Streeton to New South Wales, to their camp at Sirius Cove and their expeditions to rural New South Wales, including the Hawkesbury River. It looks at the portraiture of Roberts and Streeton, and the emergence of Symbolism in the work of Conder and Streeton, and culminates in a survey of the first great ânationalâ pictures that emerged around the time of the centenary of the European settlement in Australia in 1888.
Australian Impressionism, the first exhibition on the subject since the ground-breaking and immensely popular exhibition Golden Summers: Heidelberg and beyond of 1985, seeks to redefine and introduce this important movement in Australian art history to a new generation. Over 240 works are included from famous iconic images to the lesser-known.
Tickets
as from 5 March 2007
Adult: $15
Concession: $10
Family: $35
(2 adults / 3 children)
NGV Member: $6
NGV Member Family: $16
Unlimited entry tickets
Adult: $35
Concession: $25
NGV Member Adult: $15