Nicholas Chevalier
Buffalo Range from the west, 1862
Nicholas Chevalier’s Buffalo Range from the west (1862) exemplifies the convergence of European artistic traditions with Australian landscape depiction. Trained in neo-classical and Romantic styles, Chevalier brought the aesthetic categories of the sublime and picturesque to his portrayal of the context of the Australian environment.
- Artist / Maker
- Nicholas Chevalier (1828—1902)
- Creation Date
- 1862
- Place created
- Australia - Mount Buffalo
- Collection
- Ewing Collection
- Subjects
- Art and Design - Paintings
- Materials used
- oil on milled board
- Dimensions
(H x W x D) - sight (irregular) 36.9 x 54.8 cm frame 57 x 75 x 6.5 cm
- Credit line
- The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Gift of Dr Samuel Arthur Ewing, 1938
- Accession number
- 1938.0003.000.000
- Copyright
- Public domain. For image enquiries contact the Museums and Collections Department, Potter Museum of Art. Request Access
