Terms and conditions of use
(The Upper Falls on the Wannon)
1867
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
76.5 × 122.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia
About this work
Thomas Clark trained at the Royal Academy in London and was Director of the Nottingham School of Art before he emigrated to Australia. Clark’s first teaching position in Melbourne was at the Artisans School of Design in Collingwood in 1856. An innovative and progressive educator, he was among those who wrote letters of recommendation to the Victorian government, which led to the foundation of the National Gallery School. He was appointed first Drawing Master in 1870 and held this appointment until he resigned in 1876 due to ill health. His most notable students included Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Thos Clark 1867
Accession Number
2004.160
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
Australia (nation) indigenous people riverbanks riverine landscapes Victoria (state) Wannon River (stream) waterfalls (natural bodies of water)