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Eugene von Guérard
North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko 1863
oil on canvas
92.0 (h) x 138.0 (w) cm


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North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko 1863

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In 1862 Eugene von Guérard joined an expedition to the remote and relatively unexplored Australian Alps led by the renowned German scientist Georg von Neumayer. During the ascent, von Guérard made a number of sketches, recording the views in all directions, which became the basis for this painting completed in the following year.

North-east View from the Northern Top of Mount Kosciusko continues the German Romantic tradition of landscape painting: setting the tiny figures against the awe- inspiring vista of the mountains — man’s insignificance contrasted with the vast grandeur of God’s creation.