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Arthur Streeton

ARTHUR STREETON
STILL GLIDES THE STREAM
AND SHALL FOREVER GLIDE, 1890

ARTHUR STREETON
Australia 1867-1943

STILL GLIDES THE STREAM
AND SHALL FOREVER GLIDE, 1890
oil on canvas
82.0 x 153.0 cm
Purchased, 1890
Collection: The Art Gallery of New South Wales

Streeton has captured in this work the Yarra River below Eaglemont as it slowly meanders through the rich river flats. Beyond the river is the Bolin Bolin billabong and distant mountains.

The white vertical, close to the horizon line in the middle distance was the Beaconsfield Tower on Doncaster Hill.

Streeton painted this work in the vicinity of what is now the intersection of MacKennel Street and Streeton Crescent, East Ivanhoe. The inspiration for the title came from the sonnet ‘After-Thought’, 1820 by William Wordsworth.

Further information:
Beaconsfield Tower, Doncaster-Hill
View of Mount Eagle from Yarra River, c. 1900

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