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          Arthur Streeton

          Australian painter (1867–1943)

          Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (8 April 1867 – 1 September 1943) was an Australian landscape painter and a leading member of the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism.

          Early life

          Streeton was born in Mount Moriac, Victoria, south-west of Geelong,[1] on 8 April 1867, the fourth child of Charles Henry and Mary (née Johnson) Streeton. His family moved to the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1874.[2] His parents were English migrants who had met on their voyage to Australia in 1854.[3] In 1882, Streeton commenced art studies with George Folingsby at the National Gallery School.[4]

          In 1885, Streeton exhibited works for the first time with the Victorian Academy of Art.

          He found employment as an apprentice lithographer under Charles Troedel.[5]

          Career

          During the summer of 1886–87, Streeton, aged nineteen, first befriended Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin while