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Bush scene
1878
Medium
watercolour and gum arabic over pencil
Measurements
21.4 × 28.0 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1914
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Louis Buvelot’s watercolour paintings were highly regarded for their evocative light and atmosphere. Buvelot favoured the settled countryside close to Naarm/Melbourne, depicting quiet paddocks, water pools and gum trees. He was praised by contemporary critics for fostering a new appreciation of the aesthetic appeal of eucalypts. One writer commented: ‘Until very recently, most of us have been accustomed to despise the irregular forms, the more sombre tints, and the more ragged foliage of the Australian eucalyptus. Mr. Buvelot has shown us the immense capacity of our sylvan autochthons [native trees] for pictorial treatment.’
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in pen and brown ink (in image) l.r.: L. Buvelot. 1878.
Accession Number
703-2
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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