Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896

Tom Roberts
The artists' camp 1886
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1943
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Frederick McCubbin
Whisperings in wattle boughs 1886
oil on canvas
Private collection, Sydney
Courtesy of Smith & Singer Fine Art

Frederick McCubbin            
Down on his luck 1889
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
State Art Collection
Purchased 1896


Illustrated lecture: Jane Clark—Australian Impressionism (online)

Thursday 14 October 2021, from 5.30pm to 6.30pm

Cost—
Members $13
Non-members $16
Purchase tickets

To coincide with Frederick McCubbin—Whisperings in wattle boughsSenior Research Curator, at Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) Jane Clark, will present an online illustrated lecture exploring Impressionism in Australia, and the establishment of an artists’ camp in Box Hill in 1885 by Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts and Louis Abrahams.

Jane Clark has previously held positions as Curator of Major Special Exhibitions and of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Victoria; then Deputy Chairman of Sotheby's in Australia. Co-Curated the 1985 exhibition Golden Summers: Heidelberg and Beyond at the National Gallery of Victoria.