Task 1 - Arthur Streeton

When he was young, learning at an art school he went out with other students and painted in the plein air style, where they took their canvas' outside and simply painted while looking at the world around them. He was also interested in the Impressionism style, he exhibited 40 works in "The 9 By 5 Impression Exhibition." He worked with other artists for a while in a hospital during the war, the injured soldiers had a great effect on him, and he was later declared medically unfit and went away to recuperate. For a few years while he visited and lived in Olinda, he painted many panoramic landscapes which are giant paintings that reveal a wide view of a particular subject, usually a landscape, historical event or battle.