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Defining Australian Impressionism

Dr Gerard Vaughan explains how the artists in this exhibition became grouped generically as Australian Imressionists.

Duration: 21 min

Image: NGV Staff Dr Gerard Vaughan, Director, NGV NGV Photographic Services

A Golden Age: Tom Roberts and the Art of Spain

Humphrey McQueen, Freelance Historian, discusses the Art of Spain and its influences on Tom Roberts' work.

Duration: 16 min

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The City's Toil: Impressionists Views of Marvellous Melbourne

Presented by Dr Andrew Brown-May from the School of Historical Studies at The University of Melbourne.

Duration: 20 min

Image: Tom Roberts Allegro con brio, Bourke St West (c.1885–86) National Library of Australia and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased, 1918

Memory and Desire: Box Hill 1885-88

Dr Leigh Astbury, Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture at Monash University introduces the Box Hill landscapes and the artists' pursuit of truth in nature

Duration: 25 min

Image: Tom Roberts A quiet day on the Darebin Creek 1885 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased, 1969

The Sunny South: On the Melbourne Riviera

Daniel Thomas, retired art-museum curator and director, walks us through the sea-side paintings of the Sunny South and the Mentone period

Duration: 36 min

Image: Tom Roberts The sunny south (c.1887) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Felton Bequest, 1940

Heidelberg, Grosvenor Chambers and the 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition

Terence Lane, Curator of the Australian Impressionism Exhibition, brings together Heidelberg, Grosvenor Chambers and the 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition

Duration: 31 min

Image: Arthur Streeton Near Heidelberg 1890 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Felton Bequest, 1943

Exploring the Familiar: Conservation Research into the Australian Impressionists

Michael Varcoe-Cocks is the Conservator of Paintings 1850 - 1950, here at the National Gallery of Victoria

Duration: 24 min

Image: Tom Roberts Shearing the rams 1890 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Felton Bequest, 1932

Friendly Rivalry: Paintings of Waterside Sydney 1888 and 1890s

We travel to Sydney with Dr Mary Eagle, Fellow, at the Australian National University

Duration: 26 min

Image: Tom Roberts Holiday sketch at Coogee 1888 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Purchased, 1954

High Noon On the Hawkesbury River: Arthur Streeton in the Hawkesbury District of NSW

Jane Clark, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby's Australia, discusses Arthur Streeton's work from the Hawkesbury district

Duration: 32 min

Image: Arthur Streeton ‘The purple noon’s transparent might’ 1896 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Purchased 1896

Jane Sutherland: Thoroughly Australian Landscapes

Frances Lindsay, Deputy Director at the NGV introduces us to the extraordinary landscaps of Jane Sutherland

Duration: 29 min

Image: Jane Sutherland Field naturalists Field naturalists by Jane Sutherland, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Gift of Mrs E. H. Shackell, 1962

Natural Nationalism

David Hansen, Curator and Writer, talks about National Themes in this collection

Duration: 21 min

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