Introducing: The Heidelberg School
  • Click to Go back
  • Click to More
Send to Meural
Membership
Sandridge

Sandridge

Click to More
Membership
Hoddle St., 10 p.m.

Hoddle St., 10 p.m.

Click to More
Membership
Moonrise, Templestowe

Moonrise, Templestowe

Click to More
Membership
Dandenongs from Heidelberg

Dandenongs from Heidelberg

Click to More
Membership
Heidelberg

Heidelberg

Click to More
Membership
Fog, Thames Embankment

Fog, Thames Embankment

Click to More
Membership
Pastoral in Yellow and Grey

Pastoral in Yellow and Grey

Click to More
Membership
Turning the Soil (Sketch for The Charcoal Burners)

Turning the Soil (Sketch for The Charcoal Burners)

Click to More
Membership
On the River Yarra, Near Heidelberg, Victoria

On the River Yarra, Near Heidelberg, Victoria

Click to More
Membership
The Pioneer

The Pioneer

Click to More
playlist

Introducing: The Heidelberg School

    47 
    Click to Favorite
    Click to Share
$29.95
Become a member and get it free.

The ‘Heidelberg School’ has come to be used as a general description of late-nineteenth century Australian Impressionism. However, it originally referred exclusively to the group of artists that met up in the village of Heidelberg, not far from Melbourne, between the years 1886 and 1901. These included Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin and Charles Conder. Up to then, earlier Australian landscape painters had emulated an English style, resulting in works that made the distinctly harsh, arid scenery look suspiciously green and pastoral. However, a growing feeling of nationhood (heightened by the country’s centenary celebrations of 1888) called for a more realistic and representative portrayal. Having trained in Europe, Roberts had absorbed the Impressionist style before returning to Australia in 1885. He and his fellow Heidelberg artists adopted this method of painting direct from nature, en plein air, in their efforts to depict the local landscape honestly. The verdant greens typical of European painting were banished, replaced by rich ochres and oranges pulsing under a harsh, dazzling Antipodean light. Collectively, they created a distinct national style that continues to influence Australian artists to this day.

Read more

Related playlists

  • Introducing: Tonalism

    7 works
  • Introducing: The Ashcan School

    5 works
  • Introducing: Barbizon School

    24 works
  • Introducing: Expressionism

    4 works

Related playlists

Membership
7

Introducing: Tonalism

Click to More
Membership
5

Introducing: The Ashcan School

Click to More
Membership
24

Introducing: Barbizon School

Click to More
Membership
4

Introducing: Expressionism

Click to More

Works

Membership
Sandridge

Sandridge

Click to More
Membership
Hoddle St., 10 p.m.

Hoddle St., 10 p.m.

Click to More
Membership
Moonrise, Templestowe

Moonrise, Templestowe

Click to More
Membership
Dandenongs from Heidelberg

Dandenongs from Heidelberg

Click to More
Membership
Heidelberg

Heidelberg

Click to More
Membership
Fog, Thames Embankment

Fog, Thames Embankment

Click to More
Membership
Pastoral in Yellow and Grey

Pastoral in Yellow and Grey

Click to More
Membership
Turning the Soil (Sketch for The Charcoal Burners)

Turning the Soil (Sketch for The Charcoal Burners)

Click to More
Membership
On the River Yarra, Near Heidelberg, Victoria

On the River Yarra, Near Heidelberg, Victoria

Click to More
Membership
The Pioneer

The Pioneer

Click to More

Welcome to the
Meural Art Library

If you're new to Meural, check out the Meural Canvas. It brings all of our art to life, rendering each image as lifelike as a museum original.

Log in to hide this message.