Who painted “Shearing the Rams”?

“Shearing the Rams” was painted by Tom Roberts in 1890. Where to see it: National Gallery of Victoria.

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Impressionism: Realism, just before, paints on dark grounds with solid forms; Post-Impressionism, just after, keeps the bright colour but adds firm outlines, built structure or symbolic colour.

Thomas William Roberts (8 March 1856 – 14 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Wikipedia

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More by Tom Roberts

“The Big Picture”, 1903
“Bailed Up”, 1895
“A break away!”, 1891
“Bourke Street”, 1886
“The Golden Fleece”, 1894
“Charcoal burners”, 1886
“Winter morning after rain, Gardiner's Creek”, 1885
“Coming South”, 1886