Arthur Streeton
Summer is nearly gone but we want to remind you of it a little with this amazing painting.
Golden Summer, Eaglemont is a landscape painting by Australian artist Arthur Streeton. Painted en plein air at the height of a summer drought, it is an idyllic depiction of sunlit, undulating plains that stretch from Streeton's Eaglemont "artists' camp" to the distant blue Dandenong Ranges, outside Melbourne. Streeton was only 21-year old at the time. This naturalistic yet poetic was one of his grandest works, now is considered a masterpiece of Australian Impressionism and is a prime example of the artist's distinctive, high-keyed blue and gold palette, what he considered "nature's scheme of colour in Australia".
When I look at this piece of art, I can nearly smell this field.
The National Gallery of Australia acquired the painting in 1995 for $3.5 million, then a record price for an Australian painting.
P.S. Here you can get to know more about the Australian Impressionism! And here's to enjoy the late Summer in art <3