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(Figures on a hillside, twilight)
(1890s)
Medium
oil on canvas on plywood
Measurements
41.1 × 25.6 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
Public domain
Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia
About this work
This painting was found in the studio of Tom Roberts after his death and was presumed by his biographer, R. H. Croll, to be by the artist. More recently the sketch, which is unsigned, has been assigned to Arthur Streeton and dated to his Heidelberg period, 1888 to 1890, when he and his painting companions lived there and were joined at weekends by friends from Melbourne. Further research and scientific examination will, no doubt, eventually solve the puzzle of this interesting sketch, which does indeed concern itself with issues that exercised the minds of the Heidelberg School painters.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2004.227
Department
Australian Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
grass (plant material) hills men (male humans) trees women (female humans)
Movements
Australian Impressionism