Buy Tom Roberts Painting Shearing the Rams Artwork Reproduction!
March 28th, 2008 -- Posted in Famous Reproduction Art | No Comments »Tom Roberts Paintings – Australia’s most Famous Impressionist Painter?
The famous artist Tom Roberts, whose ‘Shearing the Rams’ oil painting captured Australia’s imagination, was our foremost impressionist painter.
Interesting facts about Tom Roberts:
- At the time of his famous ‘Mentone’ and ‘Bourke Street’ paintings he occupied a small studio now occupied by the Myer Emporium.
- He was born in Great Britain 1856 and only came to Australia in 1859
- Frederick McCubbin was a great friend and fellow famous artist
- He stayed at the same artist camp as Arthur Streeton, in Box Hill, Melbourne
- His most famous painting Shearing the Rams is currently on display at the NGV (National Gallery of Victoria)
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