Frederick McCubbin Frederick McCubbin was a landscape painter of the Australian bush feelings. He painted bush scenes, landscapes and people in outback settings also city streets. Born in Melbourne on 25th February 1855. Always wanted to be an artist he saw an early career as a legal clerk and an apprenticeship as a coach painter. He studied art at Melbourne National Gallery School then the Artisan's School of Design, where he met Tom Roberts. In 1875 he took over his Father's bakery when he died. In 1885 Frederick with Tom Roberts and many other artists established the 1st artist camp at Box Hill. A year later he became a drawing teacher at the National Gallery School. In 1888 he saw Gallery student Arthur Streeton painting on the beach, he was so impressed with Arthur's work he asked him to join the artist camp. In 1890 he married Ann Moriarty and had 2 girls and 4 boys. Frederick was elected President of the Victorian Artist's Society in 1902 and 5 years later left for Europe. When he returned he was elected once more. With work represented in all Australian State galleries and many regional galleries McCubbin died 20th December 1917 in Melbourne and is buried in Brighton cemetery. George Folingsby as the new painting instruction at the Gallery School in 1882 influenced his artwork. George's work concentrated on using figures in an interior or outdoor location to form a story subject. As seen in McCubbin's "Home Again" painted in 1884. Local artists Julian Ashton and Louis Buvelot all inspired Frederick to paint landscapes and sceneries around Melbourne. When fellow artist Tom Roberts returned from Europe in 1885, he introduced tonal values and naturalism to McCubbin's idea and works. Most of his works that featured the bush, under the guidance of Tom Roberts, were using a limited range of colours but Frederick used different tones to achieve more effect. Compared to his early studio artwork, which had a variety of colours and dark in tone. Frederick McCubbin's artworks include Home Again 1884, The Letter 1885, The Lost Child 1886, Down on His Luck 1889, A Bush Burial 1890, On the Wallaby Track 1896, The Pioneer 1904, Wattle Glade 1905, Lost 1907 and The Rabbit Burrow 1912.