Comments on: Arthur Streeton

By: Rory W. Stapleton

Rory W. Stapleton — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:52 +0000

I’m an Australian born water-colourist and book illustrator and have been exposed to the Box Hill and Aust Impressionists all my life; I thought that I’d become rather immune to their attractions but the Venetian painting in your post caught my eye; A Streeton I’ve not seen before and a spur to investigate his work further, thank you. However, I still hold the view that our – Australia’s – greatest, and truly, most impressionist of painters was John Peter Russell. He was a familiar of van Gogh and Emile Bernard and he was married to one of Rodin’s former models. To my mind his works are equal to those of Monet and Renoir at their best. His portrait of van Gogh, 1886, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, is a beautiful work and one that sees Vincent differently to those contemporaries who saw only the hints of his coming madness.Have a look at his work and see if I’m not at least half right in my estimation of his worth.

By: Evan Shipard

Evan Shipard — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:45:26 +0000

Cheers, great post. An amazing inspiration to aussie environment painters.
A great book to get hold of is Australian Impressionism put together by the National Gallery of Victoria last year.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:15:58 +0000

I am surprised I haven’t been exposed to this painter. What a impressionism master! Muted colors, broken lines, images melting into the soft background, beautiful blending. Thanks for your remarks, Charley.

By: adebanji

adebanji — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:23:25 +0000

Thanks for this, I discovered this guy in a book on painting Orientials. His work was simply majestic!

Thanks for all the links too, I have been trying to do some research on this guy ever since.