Fredrick Mccubbin In Australia

In late 19th century Australia, the school of Australian Impressionists in the Heidelberg area formed an artist’s group that focused on painting scenes of Australia, refered as The Heidelberg School. The Impressionists were fascinated with this notion of en plein air that is the French word for “open air”. This was a technique discovered by Australian artists Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts. It was a method frequently used by the Impressionists at the school. Together, the two artists often met and painted outdoors at Box Hill located in East Melbourne, and from there artists Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder soon joined the two artists in the collective, with others (Big Black Dog Communications, 2009).
Frederick McCubbin was an Australian born …show more content…
He was born in King Street, Melbourne. After having spent some time overseas, Thomas Roberts returned to Melbourne in 1885. He was a fellow colleague of McCubbin’s at the School of Painting. Together they went on drawing and painting camps on Housten’s farm in Box Hill and were later joined by Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder and more. These camps made what was referred as The Heidelberg School. McCubbin drew his inspiration from the early traditions of colonial art and often portrayed this through Australian landscape (Thomas, 1986). Lost 1886 is an oil painting that depicts the Australian landscape. It was painted at Box Hill from McCubbin’s experience of being there. This work was painted by Australian artist, Frederick McCubbin. The media was drawn to this painting of the time, as this work addressed conflictions of children being lost in the wilderness of the Australian bush during the 18th century (National Gallery of Victoria, 2016). Lost also known as ‘The Lost Child’ was inspired from the 1885 case of young Clara Crosbie having been lost in