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A bush burial (earlier known as The last of the pioneers) is an 1890 painting by the Australian artist Frederick McCubbin.The painting depicts a burial attended by a small group - an older man reading from a book, a younger man with a dog, and a woman and child.
Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Born and raised in Melbourne , Victoria, McCubbin studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School under a number of artists, notably Eugene ...
The Pioneer is a 1904 painting by Australian artist Frederick McCubbin. The painting is a triptych; the three panels tell a story of a free selector and his family making a life in the Australian bush. It is widely considered one of the masterpieces of Australian art. [1]
On the wallaby track is a 1896 painting by the Australian artist Frederick McCubbin. The painting depicts an itinerant family; a woman with her child on her lap and a man boiling a billy for tea. The painting's name comes from the colloquial Australian term "On the wallaby track" used to describe itinerant rural workers or " swagmen " moving ...
Down on His Luck is an 1889 painting by the Australian artist Frederick McCubbin. It depicts a disheartened swagman, sitting by a campfire in the bush and sadly brooding over his misfortune. According to an 1889 review, "The face tells of hardships, keen and blighting in their influence, but there is a nonchalant and slightly cynical expression ...
Paintings by Frederick McCubbin (1855-1917). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paintings by Frederick McCubbin . Pages in category "Paintings by Frederick McCubbin"
The artists remembered the Box Hill era with great fondness and nostalgia. In old age, Roberts recalled: [13] Happy Box Hill – the barked roof of the old people, Houstens [sic] – the land sylvan as it ever was – tea-tree along the creek – young blue gum-twigs – the ‘good night’ of the jackies as the soft darkness fell – then talks round the fire, the ‘Prof’ [McCubbin ...
The model for the woman was the artist's sister Harriet McCubbin (known as "Polly"), an art student. [1] The setting is believed to have been worked up from en plein air sketches of the Yarra River near Darebin Creek. [1] A privately held sister piece, featuring the woman reading the letter without the bush setting will be auctioned in November ...