Tom Roberts
| Thomas Roberts was born in Dorchester, Dorset, in 1856, and arrived in Australia in 1869. He died in 1931.He is probably the best known artist in Australia, painting scenes along the coast and in the outback.
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Bailed in, showing the loading of a stage is Roberts's most famous painting. It hangs in the Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Painted 1888-90. | |
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Roberts painted several very accurate shearing scenes. This one received a new life when the actual building was traced and photographed by a modern photographer. | |
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Another and sharper shearing scene.and a photograph of the original shearing shed at Brocklesby Downs, Corowa. |  |
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Dreamy summer seaside days when Roberts and painting friends took a seaside cottage to spend a vacation painting. | |