Title

Boulogne

1918

Artist

Arthur Streeton

England, Australia

08 Apr 1867 – 01 Sep 1943

Artist profile

Alternate image of Boulogne by Arthur Streeton

Details

Place where the work was made

London → England

Date

1918

Media category

Painting

Materials used

oil on canvas

Dimensions

91.8 x 153.0 cm stretcher; 133.7 x 196.1 x 12.5 cm frame

Signature & date

Signed and dated l.r. corner, brown oil "A STREETON/ 1918 -".

Credit

Gift of the artist 1926

Location

Not on display

Accession number

5841

Copyright

Reproduction requests

Artist information

Arthur Streeton
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Works in the collection

52

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About

Arthur Streeton was appointed an official war artist by the Commonwealth Government of Australia in May 1918. He arrived in France shortly after his appointment and was sent to a training school at Boulogne where he was taught how to use a gas mask.

Streeton was employed to produce at least 25 drawings and watercolours, and one large painting of a battle scene or other Australian Imperial Force involvement. In just over six months he was prolific, producing numerous drawings and watercolour studies on site, and completed works in his studio in London.

This picture depicts troops marching in the centre of Boulogne. Although many of Streeton’s war paintings concentrated on the landscape, this picture represents the machinery of war, both human and mechanical.
Places

Where the work was made

London
Exhibition history
Shown in 9 exhibitions
- With the Australians on the Somme: Pictures by Lt. Arthur Streeton, Official Artist attached to the Second Division, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 30 Jun 1919–Unknown
- Mr Streeton's Pictures, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne, 16 Mar 1920–Unknown
- Final exhibition of Arthur Streeton's pictures, Education Department Gallery [Bridge Street], Sydney, 10 May 1920–Unknown
- An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Arthur Streeton, Joshua Yeldham, Bayview, 14 Jul 1926–Unknown
- Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Melbourne, 05 Sep 1944–07 Oct 1944
  
  Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09 Nov 1944–10 Dec 1944
  
  Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Apr 1945–20 May 1945
- Arthur Streeton, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 08 Dec 1995–12 Feb 1996
  
  Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 01 Mar 1996–14 Apr 1996
  
  Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 01 May 1996–16 Jun 1996
  
  Arthur Streeton, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 08 Jul 1996–25 Aug 1996
  
  Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Oct 1996–24 Nov 1996
- Follow the Flag: Australian artists at war 1914-1945, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 24 Apr 2015–16 Aug 2015
- Arthur Streeton: The art of war, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 15 Dec 2017–29 Apr 2018
- Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Nov 2020–14 Feb 2021
Bibliography
Referenced in 13 publications
- Robert Croll and Lionel Lindsay, Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, Adelaide, 1944. cat.no. 6
- Robert Hughes, The art of Australia, 'The Heidelberg school 1885-96', pg. 53-73, Melbourne, 1970, 65.
- Lionel Lindsay, Streeton memorial exhibition souvenir catalogue, Sydney, 1945. cat.no. 34
- William Moore, The story of Australian art from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today (Vol. 2), 'War', pg. 45-70, Sydney, 1934, 69.
- John Olsen, Art and Australia [series 3, vol. 1, no. 3], 'Sir Arthur Streeton', pg. 161-165, Sydney, Nov 1963, 164 (illus.), 165.
- G.F.H. Schuler (Editor), Age, Melbourne, 14 Jul 1926, 13.
- Geoffrey Smith, Arthur Streeton, 1867-1943, ''The centre of the Empire' Overseas 1897-1920', pg. 131-160, South Yarra, 1995, 156, 157 (colour illus.). cat.no. 67
- Arthur Streeton, The Arthur Streeton catalogue, Melbourne, 1935, 132. cat.no. 117
- Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens and Charles Lloyd Jones (Editors), The art of Arthur Streeton, Sydney, 1919, illus.. plate no. LVI
- Gerard Vaughan, Anna Gray, Emma Kindred, Mark Whitmore, Anthea Gunn, Emily Wubben and Bridie McGillicudy, Arthur Streeton: the art of war, Canberra, 2017-2018, 23, 48, 109, 166 (colour illus.), 167, 180. cat.no. 45
- Editor Unknown (Editor), Argus, Melbourne, 14 Jul 1926, 17.
- Editor Unknown (Editor), Herald, Melbourne, 14 Jul 1926, 8.
- Author Unknown, Catalogue of the final exhibition of Arthur Streeton's pictures, Sydney, 1920. cat.no. 35