Coming South

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Coming South
Tom Roberts - Coming South - Google Art Project.jpg
Artist Tom Roberts
Year 1886
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions63.5 cm× 52.2 cm(25.0 in× 20.6 in)
Location National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Coming South is a 1886 painting by the Australian artist Tom Roberts. The painting depicts migrants coming to Australia from Europe aboard a steamship. Roberts based the painting on sketches he had made when returning to Australia aboard the SS Lusitania in 1885 after four years abroad in Europe. [1]

Historian Humphrey McQueen describes Coming South as one of Roberts' seven best-known paintings. [2] The National Gallery of Victoria describes it as "a definitive image of the migrant experience" and "Roberts's first exploration of one of the great themes of Australian life". [3]

The painting was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1967. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Migration and multiculturalism". Collection Stories. National Gallery of Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Seeton, Alexander. "Review: Tom Roberts". Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Coming South". Collection Online. National Gallery of Victoria. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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