The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts shell damage on the wall of a house in the town of St Gratien.
Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidelberg School in Melbourne in the late nineteenth century. His name is linked with Tom Roberts, Charles Conder, and Frederick McCubbin as responsible for developing in Australia an impressionist technique of painting, and depicting scenes that embraced the nationalistic concerns of the last two decades of the nineteenth century. During his lifetime he was acknowledged as the finest painter of the Australian landscape; he was the first Australian painter to be honoured by a retrospective exhibition in his own lifetime; and only the second to be knighted.
In 1918 while based in London, he was appointed by the Australian War Memorial as an official war artist and travelled to France to record the involvement of Australians in the battles taking place along the Somme River. During the period of his employment he produced ten paintings and eighty-six drawings that are held by the Memorial. These were all executed in the years 1918 and 1919. The Memorial later purchased his HMS Renown, Sydney Harbour painted in 1922, and commissioned several large paintings of significant wartime subjects.
Depicts soldiers setting up telegraph wires at the Field telegraph at St Gratien in France. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidelberg School in Melbourne in the late ninet
Depicts the 2nd Australian Division staff clerks at work in Divisional Headquarters communication facilities, in an improvised office at St Gratien. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painte
Depicts the encampment of the 1st AIF sanitary section with tents in the woods and stores nearby. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidelberg School in Melbourne in the late
Depicts a soldier sitting on a high stool operating a telephone switchboard, with larger switchboard and handsets to the right. The soldier is wearing a blue and white dispatch rider's armband. Arthur
Depicts a shell hole and fallen tree in a field near Allonville. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidelberg School in Melbourne in the late nineteenth century. His name is
Depicts a view of Mont St Quentin, with lines of trenches visible on the hillside. Arthur Streeton is best known as one of the painters of the Heidelberg School in Melbourne in the late nineteenth ce
