Fine Art Tuesday

 

Eugene von Guerard was born in Austria (in Europe) in 1811. He emigrated to Australia (in the Southern Hemisphere) in 1852. He died in Chelsea, England, a pauper, in 1901.

There was an insatiable thirst to experience the novelties of the new colonies of Imperial Europe. Von Guerard scratched that itch.

That fascination lasted well into the 1950s as evidenced by the "Tarzan" franchise and commercial success of The African Queen movie.