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Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (Australian, 1867-1943) St Paul's and the river image 1
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Lot 66*

Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton
(Australian, 1867-1943)
St Paul's and the river

Amended
26 March 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (Australian, 1867-1943)

St Paul's and the river
signed 'A. Streeton' (lower right)
watercolour
17 x 23.5cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/4in).

Footnotes

Provenance
A birthday gift from Arthur and Nora Streeton to Frida H. Brackley, grandmother of the current owner.
Thence by descent.

Frida Brackley was the maternal grandmother of the current owner. She was the eldest daughter of Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, whose father Sir Ludwig Mond gave the famous Mond Bequest to the National Gallery.

It is likely that Arthur Streeton would have been part of the 'Mond circle' when he lived in London and therefore well known to Frida Brackley.

Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton was a founding member of the Heidelberg School. Influenced strongly by the Impressionists, Streeton's works demonstrate his preoccupation with light, colour and momentary atmospheric effects. Together with Charles Conder and Tom Roberts, Streeton explored the surrounding countryside outside Melbourne, establishing an artist's camp overlooking the Yarra Valley, near Heidelberg.

Streeton found great success in Australia after the Heidelberg School's 1889 exhibition in Melbourne, followed by his first one-man show in December 1896. In 1897, he set sail for England, where his work was almost unknown. Homesick and with few friends, Streeton's first years in England were challenging, but soon his work began to gain recognition, exhibiting at The Royal Academy and the New English Art Club in London, as well as shows in France and international exhibitions in the USA.

With the outbreak of the First World War, Streeton enlisted in the Australian Army Medical Corps, working as an orderly in Wandsworth for two years. In 1918, he was appointed an official war artist, documenting the Western Front for the Commonwealth. After the war, he and his wife Nora, returned to Australia. The present lot may be a preparatory sketch for the artist's Royal Academy exhibit of 1906, No. 1040.

Saleroom notices

Please note the correct measurements should read 13.5 x 17 cm. (5 ¼ x 6 ¾ in), not as stated in the catalogue.

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