She-Oak and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism

Tom Roberts, She-Oak and Sunlight, 1889, oil on panel, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Tom Roberts, She-Oak and Sunlight, 1889, oil on panel, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

She-Oak and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism is a large-scale exhibition of more than 250 artworks drawn from major public and private collections around Australia, including the NGV Collection. Featuring some of the most widely recognisable and celebrated works by Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin, Jane Sutherland, Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, Clara Southern, John Russell and E. Phillips Fox, the exhibition also brings to light lesser-known paintings by Iso Rae, May Vale, Jane Price and Ina Gregory. She-Oak and Sunlight presents these works in new and surprising contexts, exploring the impact of personal relationships, international influences and the importance of place on the trajectory of the movement.

Nicola Jennings