Book description
Arthur Streeton's name and his contribution to Australian
art appear to be so well known as not needing to be re-stated. What is
less widely known is that as Australian art evolved in the years since his
death in 1943 there have been countless attempts to downgrade both
Streeton's genius and his significance as an artist in his later years.
As the result a strange dichotomy has developed between his continuing
appeal to art lovers and art collectors on the one hand and the views of
many art historians and critics on the other.
The basic tenet of this book is to examine this dichotomy and in some ways
'to set the record straight' by a careful analysis of the views held by
Streeton himself as well as those of his associates and his critics.
This is done by setting his life, his art and his various activities in the
context of his family, his friends, his home in Toorak, and his beloved
retreat Longacres in the Dandenongs.
About the author
Volkhard Wehner is a historian, linguist and horticulturist.
After attending universities in Germany and Australia and following a
career as a librarian at the National Library of Australia and at Monash
University as well as a stint as a lecturer at RMIT and work as a
part-time horticulturist in the Dandenongs, he is now a freelance writer
specializing in biography and local, gardening and art history.
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