Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (1867 - 1943) was an

Australian landscape painter and a leading

member of the Heidelberg School, also known as

Australian Impressionism.

For many people, Streeton’s paintings defined a

unique image of this country. He spent much of

the early 20th century in Europe and served as

war artist during the First World War.

Returning to Victoria in 1923, Streeton won the

Wynne Prize in 1928, and in 1929 became art critic

for the newspaper The Argus. He was knighted in

1937 and died at his property in Olinda, Victoria,

in 1943.