Escape the darkness of winter for
the light-filled landscapes of the Australian Impressionists in the first UK
exhibition of its kind.
Showcasing four innovative
Australian Impressionist artists, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, and John
Russell, this exhibition exploresImpressionism in an Australian context –
closely related to yet entirely distinct from its European counterparts.
From ‘snapshots’ of life in the
rapidly teeming cities of Melbourne and Sydney to dazzling landscapes of coast
and bushland, the paintings of Roberts, Streeton, and Conder came to epitomise
a growing sense of national identity as Australia approached Federation in
1901.
Russell, by contrast, was an Australian
expatriate who spent almost his entire career in France, counting Van Gogh, Monet, and Matisse among his friends. Like fellow
artists in Australia, Russell embraced plein air painting to capture the fleeting effects of
light in the landscape but became increasingly experimental in his use of
colour.
Featuring loans from some of
Australia’s leading museums and private collections, many of which have never
been seen in the UK, this exhibition invites you to reconsider how
Impressionism was understood at the time, as an international phenomenon which
transformed itself as it travelled the globe.
This exhibition is organised by the
National Gallery, in collaboration with Art Gallery of New South Wales.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/australias-impressionists
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario