Four colonial painters 1832-1896

Australia, 1984

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Episode of Series “The Australian eye”.
Launceston and the River Tamar (10min): An Australian landscape by John Glover. “The Conciliation” (10min): A “history” painting done in 1840 by Benjamin Duterrau. “Mount William from Mount Dryden” (10min): This landscape reveals Eugene Von Guerard’s Romanticism. “Lake St. Clair” (10min): Work by William Charles Piquenit. Rated: G

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Credits

director

David Muir

producer

Malcolm Otton

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:40:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

Appears in

The Australian eye

Group of items

The Australian eye

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016392

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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