Luminous: Watercolor Landscapes of the Federation

Saturday, 13 August 2005 17:31

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.-The Queensland Art Gallery presents Luminous: Watercolor Landscapes of the Federation Era. In the era following Australia’s Federation in 1901, the pastoral landscape became a symbol of strong national sentiment. Australian artists responded to and promoted this connection, creating light-filled representations of the Australian bush, which became known as Federation Landscapes. While these works are typically filled with gum trees and golden light, many watercolorists of the time also painted decorative and atmospheric compositions influenced by English Aestheticism and Art nouveau. Artists featured in this display include W. Lister Lister, celebrated for his paintings of the New South Wales bush; and Toowoomba-born J.J. Hilder, one of the youngest of the Federation artists and recognised as a prodigious talent from his first exhibition in 1906.

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