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."
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The Letter (1884)
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Down on his luck (1889)
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A bush burial (1890)
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On the wallaby track (1896)
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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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