New exhibition to place the work of Australian impressionists into an international context.
Amassing over 130 Impressionist works, the National Gallery of Victoria presents a major exhibition, Australian Impressionists in France, focussing on the remarkable story of Australian impressionist artists who lived and worked in France from 1885 to 1915.
Opening on 15 June, the exhibition will focus on impressionism as part of a global movement, with renowned Australian artists such as John Russell, E. Phillips Fox, Charles Conder, Ethel Carrick, Kathleen O’Connor showing paintings, prints, drawings and photographs alongside selected works by the artists’ friends and peers Claude Monet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, Camille Pissarro and others.
