Eugene Von Guerard’s South Australia Drawings, Paintings and Lithographs from Journeys in South Australia in 1855 and 1857

In 1852 von Guerard arrived in Victoria, Australia, determined to try his luck on the Victorian goldfields. As a gold-digger he was unsuccessful, but he did produce a large number of intimate studies of goldfields life, quite different from the deliberately awe-inspiring landscapes for which he was later to become famous. Realising that there were opportunities for an artist in Australia, he abandoned the diggings and was soon undertaking lucrative commissions recording the dwellings and properties of wealthy pastoralists. vi, 98 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 26 cm. #1120 Guerard, Eugen von, 1811-1901 — Exhibitions. | Guerard, Eugen von, 1811-1901 — Journeys — South Australia. | Artists — South Australia — Biography. | South Australia in art. | South Australia — In art. ISBN 10: 0730807916 ISBN 13: 9780730807919