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Opened 17 August 1889
Exhibition
Melbourne
Opened 17 August 1889
Small pictures became the focus of this independent Melbourne exhibition led by Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder. Many were painted on cigar-box lids measuring roughly nine by five inches. The artists treated rapidly observed effects of light and colour as finished works, challenging expectations about the scale and finish of exhibition painting.
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