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Bourke Street (painting)
''Bourke Street'' is a 1886 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts. Roberts originally titled the work ''Allegro con brio''. The painting depicts the western end of Bourke Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Melbourne as seen from the Buckley & Nunn drapery. The work was painted a few months after Roberts' return to Australia in 1885, after he had spent four years in Europe . It was not displayed until 1890, and only five days beforehand, Roberts added three female figures to the lower left. Roberts was unable to find a buyer and handed the painting to fellow artist, Frederick McCubbin. In 1920, McCubbin's widow sold the painting to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library for 20 guineas The guinea (; commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. The name came from t ...—forwarding the proceeds to R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Roberts
Thomas William Roberts (8 March 185614 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. After studying in Melbourne, he travelled to Europe in 1881 to further his training, and returned home in 1885, "primed with whatever was the latest in art". A leading proponent of painting ''en plein air'', he joined Frederick McCubbin in founding the Box Hill artists' camp, the first of several ''plein air'' camps frequented by members of the Heidelberg School. He also encouraged other artists to capture the national life of Australia, and while he is best known today for his "national narratives"—among them ''Shearing the Rams'' (1890), '' A break away!'' (1891) and ''Bailed Up'' (1895)—he earned a living as a portraitist, and in 1903 completed the commissioned work '' The Big Picture'', the most famous visual representation of the first Australian Parliament. Life Roberts was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
