Tom Roberts b. 9 March 1856

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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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creator of
The quarry, Maria Island
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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=45161
 
creator of
Head of Caleb (plaster sculpture "Head of a Boy")
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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=43769
 
creator of
Opening of the first Parliament of the Australian Commonwealth, 9th May 1901 - with remarque of Edward VII.
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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=46996
 
creator of
Shearing the rams
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http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/collection/australian/painting/r/apa00106.html
 
creator of
Going home
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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=38667
 
creator of
Holiday sketch at Coogee
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http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/australianimpressionism/education/images/ssites/large/roberts_skcoogee.jpg

Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales

 
creator of
A Sunday afternoon [A Sunday afternoon picnic at Box Hill]
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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=35101
 
creator of
A quiet day on Darebin Creek [Merri Creek]
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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=41399
 

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References [<ExternalResource: 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>, <ExternalResource: Croll, R.H. (1935), 'Tom Roberts: Father of Australian Landscape Painting', Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Spate, Virginia (1964), 'Tom Roberts catalogue of Tom Roberts works', manuscript.>, <ExternalResource: Spate, Virginia (1972), 'Tom Roberts', Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, Vic. (revised 1978).>, <ExternalResource: Topliss, Helen (1985), 'Tom Roberts 1856-1931, A Catalogue Raisonné', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic. (2 vols.).>, <ExternalResource: McQueen, Humphrey (1996), 'Tom Roberts', Macmillan, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Radford, Ron (1996), 'Tom Roberts', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.>, <ExternalResource: Eagle, Mary (1997), 'The Oil Paintings of Tom Roberts in the National Gallery of Australia', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.>] [<ExternalResource: 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>]