Essay On Tom Roberts

Student ID : GEC000006Q

Student Name : Jerry Wai Teck Seng

Assessment : VU21473

Task 1

Examine the features of the visual arts in Australia

1. Which Artist did you choose to write about ?

Tom Roberts.

2. What type of art does the artist make ? What style of art is this ?

Oil landscapes and portraits.

3. What medium does the artist use to create this art ?

Oil on canvas on composition board

Canvas , paint , oil paint

4. What period in time did the artist create this art ?

1888 – 1890

5. Write about the artist. Where did he grow up ? Where did he paint his pictures ?

Tom Roberts was born in Donchester , Dorset , England , he migrated with his family to Australia in 1869 to live with relatives. Setting in Collingwood , a suburb of Melbourne

In 1885 he started painting and sketching excursions to other suburbs , creating camps at Boxhill and Heidelberg.

6. What is the history of this type of art form ?

Method of painting using pigments dispersed in oil. It is not known how oil painting was first developed , but in western Europe there are indications of it’s use from at least the 12th century AD , and it was widely used from the renaissance. This article discusses the characteristics and development of oil painting in western Europe.

7. Choose one of the artist’s works and write the title of the work , the year it was made and what is shown in the work. Write what you think about the piece. Find a copy of the picture to show the class and help with your

At the time it was exhibited , it was criticized because many critics did not feel that it fitted the definition of “high art”. However , since the wool industry was australia’s greatest export industry at the time , it was a theme with which many Australian people could identify and shows Roberts putting his training to work translating “the classical statuary into the brawny workers of the shearing shed”. Shearing would probably have been much messier than shown in the image , although shearing rules at the time did expect the sheep to be carried as shown in the picture.

Task 2

Investigate concepts of Australian identity and culture

1. Write a short Australian story (about 20 sentences) using 20 slang words. When you have finished your story , underline the slang words you used. Remember to give your story a title.

Chrissie Holidays

It was the chrissie holidays. I wanted to have a big Barbie party. I asked my oldies to come and my aussie friends. I told my mum to bring her cozzie because it was a pool