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| Tom Roberts (1856-1931) - Mentone (1888) Australia 41c Stamp Issued 1989 Painting Held at the National Gallery of Victoria |
This painting was completed at the height of the Heidelberg School on the outskirts of Melbourne in the late 1800s. Tom Roberts developed a very very Australian style of impressionist paintings, where the Australian sunlight almost whitewashes the paintings in golden yellows and whites - truly typical of the Australian summer.
Roberts was known for his landscape paintings, in addition to being revered during his time. Other paintings of his have been used on Australian stamps:
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