Australian Impressionism

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Australian Impressionism was a late 19th-century art movement in Australia characterized by plein air painting, vibrant light effects, and depictions of the local landscape and everyday life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
painting style
associatedPlace Box Hill, Victoria
Heidelberg, Victoria
Mentone, Victoria
Mosman
surface form: Mosman, New South Wales
center Melbourne
Sydney
characteristic bright high-key palette
depictions of Australian landscape
depictions of everyday life
interest in atmospheric effects
loose brushwork
plein air painting
vibrant light effects
country Australia
endTime early 20th century
exhibitedAt 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition
exhibitionStartTime 1889
genre Impressionism
hasPart Heidelberg School
influenced 20th-century Australian landscape painting
development of Australian national art
influencedBy Barbizon school
Impressionism
surface form: French Impressionism
movementAlsoKnownAs Heidelberg School
movementPeriod late 19th century
notableArtist Arthur Streeton
Charles Conder
Clara Southern
David Davies
E. Phillips Fox
Frederick McCubbin
Jane Sutherland
John Russell
Tom Roberts
Walter Withers
notableWork A Break Away!
A Holiday at Mentone
A Sunday Afternoon
An Impressionist
Golden Summer, Eaglemont
Shearing the Rams
Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide
The Big Picture (Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia)
Golden Fleece
surface form: The Golden Fleece

The Pioneer
startTime c. 1885
subjectFocus beach and harbour scenes
national identity
rural labour
suburban and bush landscapes

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National Gallery of Victoria hasNotableCollection Australian Impressionism