Born in St Petersburg, Russia, 1873, George Washington Lambert arrived in Australia with his mother in 1887 where they took up residence at Eurobla, a sheep station near Warren owned by his great-uncle Robert Firth. Lambert’s art studies began in 1896 at Sydney’s Julian Ashton Art School where he was taught under the instruction of…
As a dexterous, eclectic painter whose work varied from large-scale compositions to highly decorative scenes of feminine familiarity, Rupert Chales Wulsten Bunny became celebrated as one of Australia’s finest artists and a key player in the modern art movement. Born at St Kilda, Melbourne in 1864, Rupert Bunny received an extensive education focused on the…
Born in Bruce Rock, Western Australia on 1 February 1923, John Perceval moved to Melbourne with his mother in 1934. Attending a local boarding school, Trinity Grammar, here he had his first access to a large library, where the school’s collection of art books left a profound impact on the teenager. Greatly influenced by Van…
Julian Ashton was an influential portrait and landscape artist, and teacher known for his vigorous support of the Australian Impressionist Heidelberg School to which his authority has been both powerful and extensive. Well-educated in artistic practices and theory Ashton attended the West London School of Art and the Academie Julian in Paris. It was at…