''Waterfall, Strath Creek'' is an 1862

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by Austrian artist

Eugene von Guerard Johann Joseph Eugene von GuérardHis first name is variously spelled "Eugen", "Eugene", "Eugène", one source mentions "Jean" (instead of "Johann"); his surname is spelled "Guerard" or "Guérard". The most frequent combination is that used by t ...

. The work is in the collection of the

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and was purchased in 1967. It depicts Strath Creek Falls, a waterfall located in the Mount Disappointment State Forest in the Australian state of

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. A 1980 painting ''A waterfall (Strath Creek)'' by Australian artist

William Delafield Cook William Delafield Cook AM (1936–2015) was an Australian artist who was known for his photorealistic landscapes. He won a number of awards, including the Order of Australia. Early life Delafield Cook was born in Melbourne, Australia on 28 Fe ...

that won that year's

Wynne Prize The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. As one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, it was established in 1897 from the bequest of Richard Wynne. Now held concurrently with the Sir John Sulman Prize ...

identified the painting's influence as "I found the spot where he had sat to do his drawing … The waterfall was almost exactly as it was in von Guérard's picture. He was at Strath Creek on 14 January 1862; I was there 23 January 1980." A 1989 work by artist

Imants Tillers Imants Tillers (born 1950), is an Australian artist, curator and writer. He lives and works in Cooma, New South Wales. Early life and education Imants Tillers was born in Sydney in 1950, the child of Latvian immigrants. In 1973 he graduated fro ...

titled ''Untitled (Deaf)'' used ''Waterfall, Strath Creek'' to address "the vexed issue of Australian identity"

References

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