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Wow! Arthur Streeton Paintings - Heidelberg School Artists Reproductions

March 28th, 2008 -- Posted in Australian Art Masters | No Comments »

Famous Australian Artists: Arthur Streeton (Heidelberg School)

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The celebrated landscape artist Arthur Streeton was a member of the famous Heidelberg School of paintiers which included Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin. Streeton was born at Mount Duneed, Victoria and while working as a lithographer by day , studied at night at the National Gallery School, Melbourne.

In 1886 he joined the artists’ camp at Box Hill near melbourne where produced many fine paintings. Streeton was perhaps the first Australian painter to persuade Australians that continue reading »