1. Jane Sutherland was an Australian landscape painter who was part of the pioneering plein-air movement in Australia, and a member of the Heidelberg School.
11 Facts About Jane Sutherland
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Jane Sutherland's advocacy to advance the professional standing of female artists during the late nineteenth century was a notable achievement.
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Jane Sutherland was born in New York to Scottish parents; the family emigrated to Sydney in 1864 and moved to Melbourne in 1870.
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Uncommon at the time, Jane Sutherland had the support and encouragement from her family to pursue a career as an artist.
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The intrepid leader that was Jane Sutherland, had enrolled as early as 1871, a good 14 years before the Women's Suffrage Society was formed in Melbourne.
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From 1878, Jane Sutherland exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts, then with the Australian Artists' Association, and with the Victorian Artists' Society until 1911.
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Critics justified the distinction due to Jane Sutherland's landscapes being a comparable to the strong form of male artist's work.
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Jane Sutherland was the leading female artist in the group of Melbourne painters who worked outside the studio; she took plein-air sketching trips to the outlying rural districts of Alphington, Templestowe and Box Hill with her male contemporaries of the Heidelberg School.
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From 1888, Jane Sutherland shared a studio for teaching with artist Clara Southern.
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Jane Sutherland was forced to price her paintings at a tenth of the value of her male peers.
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Jane Sutherland was an important figure in a generation of Australian women who chose to pursue a career in art over marriage and creating a family.