| Major retrospective of the work of Eugene Von Guerard opens at the Queensland Art Gallery |
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SOUTH BRISBANE.- A major retrospective of the work of Eugene von Guérard (1811–1901), one of Australia’s most renowned colonial landscape painters, shows at the Queensland Art Gallery from 17 December 2011 to 4 March 2012. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed’ featured over 65 works from throughout the Austrian-born artist’s 50-year career, including many of his iconic landscapes and several sketches. ‘Eugene von Guérard is arguably Australia's most important colonial landscape painter. His works are remarkable in their detail and greatly valued for their depiction of Australian landscapes of the mid-1800s,’ Mr Ellwood said. The National Gallery of Victoria touring exhibition, curated by Dr Ruth Pullin, illustrates how von Guérard’s artistic endeavours were informed by his interest in the geography, geology and vegetation of the Austra read full article
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