As a Member, we invite you to this special preview of She-Oak and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism, a major exhibition of more than 250 works drawn from public and private collections around Australia.

Featuring many of the movements most recognisable paintings as well as recent major acquisitions by the NGV, see how artists’ responses to different landscapes shaped the evolution of Impressionism in Australia. Including Arthur Streeton’s The purple noon’s transparent might, Tom Roberts’s Shearing the rams, Frederick McCubbin’s The pioneer and new acquisitions, Tom Roberts’s She-oak and sunlight and the luminous Young girl, Étaples by Iso Rae.

Discover new insights into the influential relationships, friendships and career-shaping moments of key artists through this expansive exhibition which showcases the multiple facets of this much-loved movement.