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Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (8 April 1867 – 1 September 1943) was an Australian landscape painter. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For the art of designing external spaces see Landscape architecture. He was born in Mount Duneed, near Geelong, and his family moved to Richmond in 1874. MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state Richmond is an Inner city Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He commenced study at the National Gallery Schools in 1882. Streeton was influenced by French Impressionism and the works of Turner. Impressionism was a 19th-century Art movement that began as a loose association of Paris -based Artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 &ndash 19 December 1851 was an English Romantic landscape painter, Watercolourist and During this time he began his association with fellow artists Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts — at Melbourne including at Box Hill and Heidelberg. Frederick McCubbin ( 25 February, 1855 – 20 December, 1917) was an Australian painter who was prominent in the famous Thomas William Roberts ( 9 March 1856 &ndash 14 September 1931) usually known simply as Tom was a famous Australian artist and a key Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 The Box Hill artists’ camp was a site in Box Hill Victoria, Australia favoured for Plein air Painting in the late 1880s by a group of artists Heidelberg is a suburb (and former local government area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1885 Streeton presented his first exhibition at the Victorian Academy of Art. He found employment as an apprentice lithographer under Charles Troedel. Lithography is a method for Printing using a plate or stone with a completely smooth surface Charles Troedel (1836 (some sources have 1835 &ndash 1906 (born Johannes Thedor Carl Troedel) was a Lithographic printer who championed printing in Melbourne
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Eaglemont
In 1888 in his painting of the Yarra River valley, Still glides the stream and shall forever glide (1888), Streeton shows a winding river in the middle of the picture and a landscape of bright yellowish goldish colour, very typically Australian. The painting was the first of his landscapes which was bought by a large art gallery, with the Art Gallery of New South Wales purchasing it in the same year that it was painted. The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW located in The Domain in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, is the most important
In 1897 Streeton sailed for London on the Polynesien, stopping at Port Said before continuing on via Cairo and Naples. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. He held an exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1900 and became a member of the Chelsea Arts Club in 1903. This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. The Chelsea Arts Club was established on March 21 1891 (in Chelsea as a rival to the older Arts Club in Mayfair on the instigation of the artist While Streeton had developed a considerable reputation in Australia, he failed to achieve the same success in England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland His trips to London were financed by the sales of his paintings at home in Australia. His time in England reinforced a strong sense of patriotism towards the British Empire and, like many, anticipated the coming war with Germany with some enthusiasm. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power.
Streeton returned to Australia in 1906 and completed some paintings at Mount Macedon in February 1907 before returning to London in October. Mount Macedon is a small town located northwest of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. Streeton painted in Venice in September 1908 and the resulting works were exhibited in Australia in July 1909 as "Arthur Streeton's Venice". Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the
Streeton returned to Australia in April 1914 to conduct exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne. He returned to England in early 1915 and, along with other members of the Chelsea Arts Club, including Tom Roberts, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (British Army) at the age of 48. The Royal Army Medical Corps ( RAMC) is a specialist Corps in the British Army which provides Medical services to all British Army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. He worked at the 3rd London General Hospital in Wandsworth and reached the rank of corporal. This article refers only to the town of Wandsworth For the wider area generally referred to as Wandsworth see the separate article on London Borough of Wandsworth. Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations Streeton was deeply affected by the sights he encountered in the hospital and was discharged in February 1917 as medically unfit.
Official War Artist
Having recovered, Streeton was made an Australian Official War Artist with the Australian Imperial Force, holding the rank of lieutenant, and he travelled to France on 14 May 1918 and was attached to the 2nd Division. The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War I. Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The 2nd Division commands all the reserve brigades in Australia As a war artist, Streeton continued to deal in landscapes and his works have been criticised for failing to concentrate on the fighting soldiers. Unlike the more famous wartime works depicting the definitive moments of battle, such as George Lambert's Anzac, the landing 1915, Streeton produced "military still life", capturing the everyday moments of the war. George Washington Thomas Lambert ARA ( 13 September 1873 &ndash 28 May 1930) was an Australian artist known principally Streeton observed that, "True pictures of battlefields are very quiet looking things. There's nothing much to be seen, everybody and thing is hidden and camouflaged. "
His most famous war painting, Amiens, the key of the west, a landscape of the Amiens countryside with dirty plumes of battlefield smoke staining the horizon, remains a powerful image of war. Amiens (amjɛ̃ is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km north of Paris. A similar scene is depicted in Streeton's The Somme valley near Corbie with a peaceful rural setting in the foreground and the smoke of an artillery bombardment in the distance.
Streeton returned to Australia in December 1919 and resumed painting in the Grampians and Dandenong Ranges. The Grampians National Park is a National park in Victoria, Australia, 235 kilometres west of Melbourne The Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Streeton built a house on five acres (20,000 m²) at Olinda in the Dandenongs where he continued to paint. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Olinda is a small town in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He won the Wynne Prize in 1928 with Afternoon Light, Goulburn Valley. Wynne Prize, Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize He was an art critic for The Argus from 1929 to 1935 and in 1937 was knighted for services to the arts. The Argus was a morning daily Newspaper in Melbourne established in 1846 and closed in 1957. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. He married Esther Leonora Clench, a Canadian violinist, in 1908. Nora Clench ( 6 May 1867 &ndash 17 May 1938) was a Canadian violinist. Streeton died in September 1943. He is buried at Fern Tree Gully cemetery.
Prices
Streeton's paintings are amongst the most collectible of Australian artists and attracted high prices during his life time. Golden Summer, Eaglemont was sold for around 1000 guineas in 1924 and in the 1980s it was bought in a private sale by the National Gallery of Australia for US$3. The National Gallery of Australia is the premier art gallery and museum in Australia, holding over 120000 works of Art. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas 5 million, a price since considered excessive. In 1985, Settler's Camp sold at auction for AU$800,000 and this remained the record auction price for Streeton's work until 23 May 2005, when his 1890 painting, Sunlight Sweet, Coogee, was sold for AU$204 million (AU$18. "Auctioneer" redirects here For the DC Comics supervillain see Auctioneer (comics. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 53 Million before tax), becoming only the second painting by an Australian artist to exceed the AU$2 million mark at auction (after Frederick McCubbin's Bush Idyll which sold for AU$23 million in 1998). Frederick McCubbin ( 25 February, 1855 – 20 December, 1917) was an Australian painter who was prominent in the famous The painting was part of the Foster's Group collection and was sold at auction by Sotheby's. Foster's Group is a beer group with interests in Brewing, Wine-making and Soft drinks. Sotheby's ( is the world's second oldest Auction house in continuous operation (the oldest being Stockholms Auktionsverk founded in 1674
Streeton's works appear in many major Australian galleries and museums, including the Australian War Memorial, National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Australia. The Australian War Memorial is Australia 's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne Australia. The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW located in The Domain in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, is the most important The National Gallery of Australia is the premier art gallery and museum in Australia, holding over 120000 works of Art.
Love notes?
Recently, secret declarations of love of men have been discovered within one of Streeton's artworks. The inscriptions in his 1890 painting 'Spring' include the words "Bill Walker, my sweetheart". A male figure has also been discovered within the artwork. The figure was later painted over, but a faint outline can still be seen on close inspection.
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) discovered the inscription under a microscope while restoring the painting.
External links
- Artist's footsteps - Arthur Streeton
- Arthur Streeton at Australian Art
- Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton at Australian Dictionary of Biography
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