Streeton exhibition is a textbook study in what it means to be a local legend – Sydney Morning Herald

My ideas about Streeton were not changed in any fundamental way by this display but they were refined and fleshed out. One of the pleasures of seeing a large body of work by an important artist is that it helps balance claims for immortality against their human failings.
The young Streeton was prodigiously talented. Although he was never known as a painter of the human figure a couple of student drawings from the nude model reveal the quality of his draughtsmanship. It was, however, Streeton’s landscapes…

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