Tom Roberts b. 9 March 1856

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
One of Australia's most iconic painters, Tom Roberts was an early champion of plein-air painting and together with Frederick McCubbin, Roberts helped establish the famous painting camps around Heidelberg in Victoria.
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associate of
Arthur Streeton
1867
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Charles Conder
1868
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter), Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
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Louis Buvelot
1814
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
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Louis Abrahams
1856
Artist (Painter)
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H. Walter Barnett
1856
Artist (Photographer)
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Andrew Barrie
1856
Artist (Photographer)
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Geoffrey Batchen
1856
Artist (Photographer)
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George Bell
1856
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
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Florence Turner Blake
1856
Artist (Painter)
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Mary Boyd
1856
Artist (Ceramist), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
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Oswald Rose Campbell
1856
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
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Ugo Catani
1856
Artist (Painter)
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Thomas Clark
1856
Artist (Painter)
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George Coates
1856
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
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Isidor Cohen
1856
Artist (Photographer)
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Ebenezer Wake Cook
1856
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
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E. Phillips Fox
1856
Artist (Painter)
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Eleanor Henderson Harrison
1856
Artist (Painter)
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Livingston Hopkins
1856
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
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Sir John Longstaff
1856
Artist (Painter)
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Arthur Jose De Souza Loureiro
1856
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
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Matthew James MacNally
1856
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Frank Mahony
1856
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Gother Victor Fyers Mann
1856
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Cyrus Mason
1856
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
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  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
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  • Casas, Ramon (associate of)
  • Parkes, Henry (Sir) (associate of)
Related people
  • Streeton, Arthur (associate of)
  • Conder, Charles (associate of)
  • Buvelot, Louis (associate of)
Related works
  • Holiday sketch at Coogee (creator of)
  • Opening of the first Parliament of the Australian Commonwealth, 9th May 1901 - with remarque of Edward VII. (creator of)
  • Head of Caleb (plaster sculpture "Head of a Boy") (creator of)
  • A quiet day on Darebin Creek [Merri Creek] (creator of)
  • A Sunday afternoon [A Sunday afternoon picnic at Box Hill] (creator of)
  • Going home (creator of)
  • The quarry, Maria Island (creator of)
  • Shearing the rams (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • To make a vast representation of the opening of the first Federal Parliament (received)
Related events
  • Ocean to Outback: Australian landscape painting 1850-1950 (exhibited at)
  • Tom Roberts: 'Bailed Up', 1895/1927 (exhibited at)
  • Tom Roberts (exhibited at)
  • Australian Impressionism (exhibited at)
  • '9 by 5' Impressions exhibition (exhibited at)