Artists revive outdoor painting traditions to capture the Australian romance of the bush
Originating from the French Impressionist movement of the 1860s and popularized by Paris artists such as Claude Monet, the plein air (outdoor) painting technique developed when paints became available in tubes. In the 1870s, a group of Australian Impressionists known as the Heidelberg School famously gathered in the area of Box Hill and Eaglemont to … Read more