Australian Impressionist Painters: A Pictorial History Of The Heidelberg School
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, pages appear clean and bright. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact and solid.
A landmark work in Australian art history, Australian Impressionist Painters: A Pictorial History of the Heidelberg School chronicles the remarkable movement that defined a distinctly Australian visual identity in the late nineteenth century. Authors William Splatt and Susan Bruce present a richly illustrated account of the artists — including Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, and Frederick McCubbin — who gathered in the bush camps around Heidelberg, Victoria, to paint the Australian landscape with bold, light-drenched immediacy. The book details how this group rejected formal European conventions and instead captured the shimmering heat, golden grasses, and vast skies of the Australian bush, creating images that remain iconic to this day. Authoritative in its scholarship yet accessible in tone, the work illustrates the social and cultural conditions that gave rise to the movement, situating it firmly within both Australian nationalism and the broader international Impressionist tradition.
Author: William Splatt, Susan Bruce
Format: Hardback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, pages appear clean and bright. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact and solid.
A landmark work in Australian art history, Australian Impressionist Painters: A Pictorial History of the Heidelberg School chronicles the remarkable movement that defined a distinctly Australian visual identity in the late nineteenth century. Authors William Splatt and Susan Bruce present a richly illustrated account of the artists — including Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, and Frederick McCubbin — who gathered in the bush camps around Heidelberg, Victoria, to paint the Australian landscape with bold, light-drenched immediacy. The book details how this group rejected formal European conventions and instead captured the shimmering heat, golden grasses, and vast skies of the Australian bush, creating images that remain iconic to this day. Authoritative in its scholarship yet accessible in tone, the work illustrates the social and cultural conditions that gave rise to the movement, situating it firmly within both Australian nationalism and the broader international Impressionist tradition.