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The first comprehensive Frederick McCubbin exhibition in 18 years, and the first to focus on his later works will open exclusively in Victoria at Bendigo Art Gallery on 24 April 2010.
Curated by the National Gallery of Australia, McCubbin Last Impressions 1907–17 is a fresh look at Frederick McCubbin’s late work. It concentrates on the last decade of his life when he produced his most vibrant works, ones which express his sense of delight in, and comfort within, the Australian landscape.
McCubbin Last Impressions 1907–17 features 72 works from all the major galleries in Australia alongside 25 rarely publicly displayed works from private collections. With the exception of three works all were painted in Victoria, and the majority painted in key sites around Melbourne, 14 in Mount Macedon where McCubbin lived in his home Fountainbleu.
For more than a century, Frederick McCubbin has been one of Australia’s most well known artists. Born in Melbourne in 1855, he was the city’s first major painter, and together with other iconic Australian impressionists Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder, was a leader in the visual arts in the 1880s and 1890s.
In 1907, his work changed radically after he viewed the works of Turner, Constable and Monet on a trip to Europe. McCubbin’s subjects became more modern, he painted brighter colours and his paint handling techniques were more experimental and adventurous.
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