Arthur Streeton (1867-1943)
Born: April 8, 1867; Mount Duneed, Australia
Died: September 1, 1943; Olinda, Melbourne, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Art Movement: Impressionism
Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton was an Australian painter who specialised in landscapes and was also a leading member of the Heidelberg School. Streeton's greatest influence was French Impressionism and the art of J.M.W. Turner. It was in 1885 when Streeton presented his first exhibition at the Victorian Academy of Art.
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In the summer drought of 1888, Streeton travelled to the beautiful agricultural suburb of Heidelberg to walk the remaining distance to site where Louis Buvelot painted Summer afternoon, Templestowe (1866). As he return to Heidelberg, he met Charles Davies and fellow plein air painter David Davies. Charles gave him "artistic possession" of an abandoned homestead at the summit of Mount Eagle estate, which gave him an amazing view across Yarra Valley.
Eaglemont was the ideal working environment for Streeton. The first artists who painted with him at Eaglemont include National Gallery students Aby Altson and John Llewelyn Jones. Later on, they were followed by John Mather and Walter Withers.
At around this time, Streeton met Charles Conder who was a plein airist invited by Tom Roberts and heavily influenced by the techniques of impressionist Girolamo Nerli. Roberts and Conder joined Streeton in January 1889 and made improvements to the house.
Streeton and Conder became close friends and influenced each other's art. Later, critics would mistake some of their Eaglemont paintings as companion art pieces because they both painted the same subjects using a high-keyed gold and blue palette.
