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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creator of
The quarry, Maria Island
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=45161
 
creator of
Head of Caleb (plaster sculpture "Head of a Boy")
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URL
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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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=46996
 
creator of
Shearing the rams
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URL
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/collection/australian/painting/r/apa00106.html
 
creator of
Going home
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=38667
 
creator of
Holiday sketch at Coogee
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URL
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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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=35101
 
creator of
A quiet day on Darebin Creek [Merri Creek]
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=41399
 

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  • 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)