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About the Julian Ashton Art School

In 1890 when Julian Ashton opened the, now famous, Sydney Art School in Beaumont Chambers, King St, it was at a time when young painters like Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts were criticised for depicting the harsh sun-lit Australian landscape. Julian Ashton became the leader in the battle for the recognition of a new, truly Australian art based on the unique qualities of the light of this great south land.

In 1933, the school moved to the Rocks where it remains, opposite the MCA.

The list of celebrated painters who have studied at the Sydney Art School / Julian Ashton Art School is lengthy. George Lambert, Thea Proctor, William Dobell, John Passmore, Max Dupain, John Olsen and Brett Whiteley are just a few of the past students who have achieved acclaim – there are many more.

Norman Lindsay said of the the School; “An educational institution of the highest cultural importance where the students are inspired to emulate the achievements of past students by the very atmosphere in which they worked.”

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Julian Ashton Art School Annual Exhibition 2014

Thursday, 4 December 2014, 12:00pm

Venue: Meeting Rooms

The Julian Ashton Art School has been one of Sydney’s cultural treasures since 1890, and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts is delighted to host their annual exhibition of students and teachers’ work once again.

View sculptures, paintings and drawings from the burgeoning and established artists amongst their pupils and teachers.

The exhibition is open to the public from 12 – 2 pm daily from Monday, 24th November to Thursday, 4th December 2014.

Closed weekends.

SMSA (Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts)

About the Julian Ashton Art School

Julian Ashton Art School Annual Exhibition 2014

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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