. International studio. ntion at the Paris Salonin 1892, and was boughtby a well-known collector,Mr. Charles Mitchell, ofJesmond Towers. It was not until 1897that Mr. Streeton decidedto leave his home inAustralia and to establishhimself in London. Forfive or six years previouslyhe had been working inNew South Wales andhad got together a con-siderable collection ofpictures which he ex-hibited at Melbournebefore his departure. Onhis way to Europe hevisited Cairo, proposing to spend a week there, butEgypt so fascinated him that he remained for fivemonths painting assiduously and turning to fullac
. International studio. ntion at the Paris Salonin 1892, and was boughtby a well-known collector,Mr. Charles Mitchell, ofJesmond Towers. It was not until 1897that Mr. Streeton decidedto leave his home inAustralia and to establishhimself in London. Forfive or six years previouslyhe had been working inNew South Wales andhad got together a con-siderable collection ofpictures which he ex-hibited at Melbournebefore his departure. Onhis way to Europe hevisited Cairo, proposing to spend a week there, butEgypt so fascinated him that he remained for fivemonths painting assiduously and turning to fullaccount the artistic opportunities which were soamply available in these new surroundings. Headded further to his experiences by spendinga month at Naples; and when at last he arrivedin London he had considerably widened his out-look and had begun very definitely that evolutionin his practice which has produced such remark-able results during the last ten years. The effect upon his art of this move from BY ARTHUR STREETON. THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE BY ARTHUR STREETON 265
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