Known  for his soaring, romantic impressions of Australia and  the scientific detail in his paintings, von Guérard was also  the first master of painting at the National School of Art, Melbourne and the first curator of the National Gallery of Victoria, his early students included Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts and Rupert Bunny.

The NGA holds some of von Guérard’s master works, notable his mighty “North east view from the northern top of Mt Kosciusko”, and now in a touring exhibition from the National Gallery of Victoria, we’ll be able to put his landscapes in context as we see NZ and European landscapes and illustrated sketch books that throw light on the influence of European Romanticism, of his court-painter father Bernhard and of his own fascination with in the geography, geology and vegetation of the New World.

This is the first exhibition dedicated to von Guérard since 1980 and includes works from various private collections in Europe and Australia alongside many other state and regional galleries with featured works from the NGA including “Dandenong Ranges from Belura” (1870), “From the Verandah of Purrumbete” (1858) and “View of granite rocks at Cape Woolamai” (c. 1872).

“Visitors will have a chance to explore von Guérard’s magnificent Australian, NZ and European landscapes that were so elegantly captured during his expeditions abroad. The works shown in this exhibition have been an integral part in shaping traditional imagery of the Australian landscape,” Radford said.

“Eugene von Guérard, Nature Revealed,” at the National Gallery ofAustralia, until July 15.