New Zealand-born Australian Painter, 1882-1939,Australian painter. The son of a Norwegian father and Irish mother, he came to Sydney from New Zealand with his family in 1883. He received his first art lessons from Julian Rossi Ashton, although for many years he had little time for painting, instead working to support his family. He finally achieved recognition as an artist around the beginning of World War I. Following successful sales he became a full-time painter, championed in Sydney as the exemplary heir to the impressionist pastoral tradition of Australian art, which had been established in the late 19th century. Between 1915 and 1920, under the influence of Max Meldrum, he focused on the landscape as seen against the light. Painting en plein air he specialized in effects of early morning, for example Morning Light (1916; Sydney, A.G. NSW), one of a series painted at Emu Plains (1915-19),
Morning Light (1916, oil on canvas, 38.5 x 43.7 cm) by Elioth Gruner (1882-1939).
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Morning Light (1916, oil on canvas, 38.5 x 43.7 cm) by Elioth Gruner (1882-1939).
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Along the Sands
Along the Sands
Painting ID:: 75383
Along the Sands (oil on board, 14.5 x 27 cm) by Elioth Gruner (1882-1939).
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Along the Sands (oil on board, 14.5 x 27 cm) by Elioth Gruner (1882-1939).
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Mingoola Valley
Mingoola Valley
Painting ID:: 75390
Mingoola Valley (1920, oil on canvas, 59 x 74.5 cm) by Elioth Gruner (1882-1939).
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Mingoola Valley (1920, oil on canvas, 59 x 74.5 cm) by Elioth Gruner (1882-1939).
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1919, oil on canvas, 131.0 x 178.7 cm) by Elioth Gruner (1882?C1939).
The painting is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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1919, oil on canvas, 131.0 x 178.7 cm) by Elioth Gruner (1882?C1939).
The painting is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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New Zealand-born Australian Painter, 1882-1939,Australian painter. The son of a Norwegian father and Irish mother, he came to Sydney from New Zealand with his family in 1883. He received his first art lessons from Julian Rossi Ashton, although for many years he had little time for painting, instead working to support his family. He finally achieved recognition as an artist around the beginning of World War I. Following successful sales he became a full-time painter, championed in Sydney as the exemplary heir to the impressionist pastoral tradition of Australian art, which had been established in the late 19th century. Between 1915 and 1920, under the influence of Max Meldrum, he focused on the landscape as seen against the light. Painting en plein air he specialized in effects of early morning, for example Morning Light (1916; Sydney, A.G. NSW), one of a series painted at Emu Plains (1915-19),