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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.

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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 »