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Impressions
Painting light and life
Previous exhibition, 2011
Impressions: Painting light and life presents portraits by, and of, artists at the heart of Australian impressionism including Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin.
Beguiling impressions
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2012
Sarah Engledow is seduced by the portraits and the connections between the artists and their subjects in the exhibition Impressions: Painting light and life.
Frederick Woodhouse
Biography
Frederick Woodhouse Senior, painter, lithographer and engraver, arrived in Melbourne in 1858 in the Parsee to establish himself as a horse portraitist.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Bromley
Biography
Frederick Bromley was among a family of printmakers active in Britain for much of the 19th century.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Schoenfeld
Biography
Frederick Schoenfeld was born in Switzerland and came to Australia in 1858 as a trained lthographer.Between 1859 and 1862 he worked as illustator and lithographer for publications prepared by the National Museum of Victoria.
1 portrait in the collection
Hon. Sir Frederick Darley
Biography
Sir Frederick Darley GCMG (1830-1910), chief justice and lieutenant governor, came to New South Wales as an adult and was admitted to the Bar in 1862; in 1868 he was nominated to the Legislative Council.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Spofforth
Biography
Frederick Spofforth (1853–1926), fast bowler, was a member of the Australian cricket team whose defeat of England at The Oval in 1882 brought about ‘The Ashes’ Test series.
3 portraits in the collection
Frederick E. Du Faur
Biography
Frederick Eccleston du Faur (1832–1915), environmentalist, public servant and arts patron, came to Australia from his native London in 1853.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Cato
Biography
Frederick Cato (1858-1935), grocer and philanthropist, was born in a tent at Pleasant Creek (Stawell), to the Scottish wife of an English gold miner.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Lowry
Biography
Fred Lowry (1836-1863) was a stockman before he turned to cattle and horse duffing.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick George Reynolds
Biography
Frederick George Reynolds was born in London, the son of a watercolourist, Frederick G Reynolds senior, who was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy.
1 portrait in the collection
Frederick Cato, 1932
W B McInnes
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift in memory of Frederick John Cato Kumm 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Albert Frederick Calvert
Biography
Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946), author, traveller and mining engineer, first visited Australia in 1890, when he undertook a journey of exploration from Lake Gairdner to the upper Murchison River.
1 portrait in the collection
Walter Frederick Gale
Biography
Walter Frederick Gale (1865-1945), banker and astronomer, joined the Savings Bank of New South Wales in 1888.
1 portrait in the collection
Aubrey Beardsley
Frederick Henry Evans
Image
Walter A Gale, 1917
Boz
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012