Sidney Long (closing)

Sidney Long1871 – 1951)
Australian painter, teacher, etcher and printer.

Completing my affair with Sidney Long I cannot withold showing his "Tranquile waters". It is the painting that made Longs name in Australia. Back in 1894. It was much discussed and talked about and led to a good deal of controversy and scandal. Because of the (homo?) erotic(?) bathing boys. But after painting and disclosing Spirit of the Planes (flute player, woods and cranes) in 1887 and Pan in 1889 he was forgiven. Through their succes he now is considered one of Australia's greatest landscape painters.

Here are some of my choosen pictures, to begin with these paintings in oil: "the morning moon",
And "reflections on McDonald River".
Inspired by Constable visiting England: "In Constable land".

And some great watercolour paintings. With some some more great trees.

Sidney Long , Flamingos !

Sidney Long(1871 – 1951)
Australian painter, teacher, etcher and printer.

Discovering nice things always making me curious and investigative. To know if there's more. Well, there was and so here are Sidney Long's flamingos.

Hope you like them. As much as I do.

Sidney Long, Paganism, Saters and Trees,

Sidney Long
(1871–1951)
Australian painter, teacher, etcher and printer.
Leading member of the "painter-etchers" in Australia.

"sadder than a single star that sets at twilight in a land of reeds".

Finding some of the Stark Davis' Lincoln ads on Thom Buchanan’s “the Pictorial Arts” Blog I stumbled upon this great scene by Australian artist Lindsey Long. Leading of course to the discovery of more great pictures. I won’t go to deep into this great Australian artist (just follow Wikipedia) and will restrict myself to his earlier Pagan, Pan, Trees and Flamingo's finding some truly magnificent examples of very fine prints, paintings and watercolors of (Art Nouveau) trees. The popularity of his earlier mystical an pagan paintings (he also reworked into prints) allowing him financially dedicating the rest of his life studying abroad and to painting. He was a contemporary of Australians Norman (and Lionel) Lindsay and Thea Proctor.

Pan

Spirit of the Plains

Next: Sidney Long's Flamingo's.

Thank you Thom Buchanan:

mydelineatedlife.blogspot.com

Thank you Silas Clifford-Smith for pointing at:

 http://www.daao.org.au/bio/sydney-long/#artist_biography