Frederick McCubbin
(Australia 25 Feb 1855–20 Dec 1917)
On the wallaby track
- Other titles:
- In the bush
- Location
- 19th c Australian art
- Further information
With an evident empathy for rural labouring life, and a nationalist message, this much-admired painting by a principal member of the Heidelberg group was painted close to the artist’s Melbourne home, using his family as models. Key influences for Frederick McCubbin at this time included the academic naturalism of Bastien-Lepage and the new focus on everyday subjects by leading French Barbizon school artists Corot and Millet. The title of the painting – 'On the wallaby track' – was a term used for itinerant workers roaming the bush on the fringes of properties looking for work.
- Year
- 1896
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 223.5cm stretcher; 119.5 x 221.0 sight edge; 176.5 x 278.0 x 10.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r. corner, brown oil "F McCubbin/ 1896".
- Credit
- Purchased 1897
- Accession number
- 572
