Discover the work of John Russell, the remarkable yet little-known Australian artist, who was active and influential in the late 19th-century French avant-garde. Once known as Australia’s ‘lost’ impressionist, John Russell was a close friend of Van Gogh and Rodin, taught impressionist colour theory to Matisse and dined with Monet.
Bringing together approximately 120 paintings, drawings and watercolours – including a number of works by his contemporaries – this is the first survey of Russell’s work in forty years and reveals an artist painting at the edge of the avant-garde during one of the most exhilarating periods in art history.
Bringing together approximately 120 paintings, drawings and watercolours – including a number of works by his contemporaries – this is the first survey of Russell’s work in forty years and reveals an artist painting at the edge of the avant-garde during one of the most exhilarating periods in art history.
