Frederick McCubbin - Works

Works

"McCubbin creates an engulfing, claustrophobic landscape by barely suggesting any horizon and compressing midground and background. In contrast, the bush folk are portrayed as heroic figures."

  • The Letter (1884)

  • Down on his luck (1889)

  • A bush burial (1890)

  • On the wallaby track (1896)

  • The pioneer (1904)

In 1998 McCubbin's painting Bush Idyll (1893) was sold for $2,312,500. This was a record price for any Australian painter.

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