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Arthur Streeton
Balloons on fire 1918
oil on canvas
63.4 × 76.2 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gilbee Bequest, 1918
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Balloons on fire
1918
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
63.4 × 76.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gilbee Bequest, 1918
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in blue paint l.l.: GLISY
inscribed in blue paint l.r.: A STREETON / 1918
inscribed in chalk on reverse: 3 of our Baloons shot / down by Hun fire / 1
April 1918 / Gilsy / BALOONS AFIRE
Accession Number
960-3
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Landscapes Military and Warfare
Subjects (specific)
balloons (aircraft) burning destruction (process) France (nation) Glisy (inhabited place) military aircraft reconnaissance aircraft World War I (global war, 1914-1918)
Movements
Australian Impressionism Heidelberg School