Australian Eye, The: Four Colonial Painters 1832-1887

1984, 40 Minutes

This Australian Eye episode examines the work of a group of artists, known as colonial painters, during the period 1832-1887. 

The following paintings are examined: ’Launceston and the River Tamar’ (c.1832) by John Glover; ‘The Conciliation’ (1840) by Benjamin Duterrau; ‘Mount William From Mount Dryden’ (1857) by Eugen von Guerard and ‘Lake St Clair’ (1887) by William Charles Piguenit.

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