Arthur Streeton

Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (8 April 1867 – 1 September 1943) was an Australian artist and a member of the famous Heidelberg School of Australian artists, best known for his rural landscapes.

Streeton was born in Mount Duneed, southwest of Geelong, and his family moved to Richmond in 1874. He commenced study at the National Gallery Schools in 1882. Streeton was influenced by French Impressionism and the works of Turner. During this time be began his association with fellow artists Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts — a group that would become the Heidelberg School — and began plein air painting of rural scenes around Melbourne including at Box Hill and Heidelberg. In 1885 Streeton presented his first exhibition at the Victorian Academy of Art. He found employment as an apprentice lithographer.