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An image of 'Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide' by Arthur Streeton

Arthur Streeton

(Australia, England, Australia 08 Apr 1867–01 Sep 1943)

Title
'Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide'
Other titles:
An Australian gloaming
Still glides the stream
Still glides the stream and shall forever glide
Still glides the stream and shall for ever glide
Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide
Place of origin
Heidelberg → Victoria → Australia
Year
1890
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

82.6 x 153.0cm stretcher; 116.0 x 188.5 x 10.0cm frame:

0 - Whole; 82 x 153cm; SIGHT DIMENSION

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., brown oil "Arthur StrEEton - 1890 -/ ...".
Credit
Purchased 1890
Accession number
859
Location
19th c Australian art
Further information

Arthur Streeton painted this landscape at the Eaglemont Homestead near Heidelberg during the summer of 1890, when he was only 22 years old. The scene presents an idealised vision of the Yarra River at Heidelberg, with the spires of Doncaster in the middle distance and the Dandenong Ranges beyond.

The title is taken from Wordsworth’s sonnet ‘Conclusion’ from his poem cycle 'The River Duddon'. A Romantic expression of the mortality and transience of human life contrasted with the enduring beauty of art, the poem appealed to the young painter and expressed something of his own ambitions for his artistic practice.

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Exhibition history (28)

Winter exhibition (1890), Victorian Artists Society, 29 Mar 1890 -.

Streeton's Sydney sunshine exhibition (1896), Exhibition Venue Unknown, 30 Nov 1896 -.

Exhibition of Australian art in London (1898), Grafton Galleries, 02 Apr 1898–31 Jul 1898.

Loan exhibition of the works of Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 Nov 1931–20 Jan 1932.

The Centenary art exhibition (1934), Commonwealth Bank Chambers, 08 Oct 1934 -.

Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 05 Sep 1944–07 Oct 1944.

Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, National Gallery of South Australia, 09 Nov 1944–10 Dec 1944.

Arthur Streeton memorial exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 12 Apr 1945–20 May 1945.

100 years of Australian painting (1948), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Apr 1948–17 May 1948.

A retrospective exhibition of Australian painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 Sep 1953–25 Oct 1953.

A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Peking Art Gallery, Oct 1983–Dec 1983.

A century of Australian landscape painting: mood and moment, Shanghai Art Gallery, Oct 1983–Dec 1983.

Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 30 Oct 1985–27 Jan 1986.

Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21 Feb 1986–20 Apr 1986.

Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of South Australia, 09 May 1986–29 Jun 1986.

Golden Summers - Heidelberg and beyond, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 30 Jul 1986–14 Sep 1986.

Arthur Streeton, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 08 Dec 1995–12 Feb 1996.

Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of South Australia, 01 Mar 1996–14 Apr 1996.

Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 01 May 1996–16 Jun 1996.

Arthur Streeton, Queensland Art Gallery, 08 Jul 1996–25 Aug 1996.

Arthur Streeton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Oct 1996–24 Nov 1996.

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.

Australian Impressionism, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 31 Mar 2007–08 Jul 2007.

Great collections (2009), Campbelltown Arts Centre, 12 Dec 2008–18 Jan 2009.

Great collections (2009), Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, 06 Feb 2009–15 Mar 2009.

Great collections (2009), Western Plains Cultural Centre, 03 Apr 2009–10 May 2009.

Great collections (2009), Albury Regional Gallery, 29 May 2009–05 Jul 2009.

Great collections (2009), Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 24 Jul 2009–30 Aug 2009.