The Artists

Tom Roberts

TOM ROBERTS
SLUMBERING SEA, MENTONE, 1887

TOM ROBERTS
Born England 1856, Arrived Australia 1869, Died 1931

SLUMBERING SEA, MENTONE, 1887
oil on canvas 51.0 x 76.5 cm
Purchased with the assistance of a special grant
from the Government of Victoria 1979
Collection: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Roberts painted this work in the summer of 1886 / 1887 in the vicinity of Keefers boatshed and jetty and his figures are situated close to the site where Frederick McCubbin painted his work 'Moyes Bay, Beaumaris'.

The cliffs in this area were renowned for their fossils, and the artists in their later letters would write of the fossil beach, when referring to this site.

Roberts view is towards the cliffs at Mentone and beyond to the distant Dandenong Ranges.

Further information:
Frederick McCubbin 'Moyes Bay, Beaumaris'.

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Left: Arthur Streeton - Above Us The Great Grave Sky, 1890
Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.