EUGENE VON GUERARD (1811-1901)
Mount Kosciuszko (2, 228 m - 7,310 ft)
Australia
In North east view from the top of Mt Kosciusko, 1866, colour lithograph, 44.0 × 59.6 cm-
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Mount Kosciuszko (2, 228 m - 7,310 ft)
Australia
In North east view from the top of Mt Kosciusko, 1866, colour lithograph, 44.0 × 59.6 cm-
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The mountain
On earth, there are two mountains named Mount Kosciuszko. One
is located in Antartica continent and the other in Australia (Oceania
continent).
In Australia, Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m - 7,310 ft) is a mountain
located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National
Park, part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in New
South Wales and is located west of Crackenback and close to Jindabyne.
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in Australia.
Mount Kosciuszko was named by the Polish explorer Paul Edmund Strzelecki
in 1840, in honour of the Polish national hero and hero of the American
Revolutionary War General Tadeusz Kościuszko, because of its perceived
resemblance to the Kościuszko Mound in Kraków. The spelling "Mount
Kosciuszko" was officially adopted in 1997 by the Geographical Names
Board of New South Wales, Australia. Mount Everest (8,848m), Aconcagua (6,961m), Mt Denali or Mc Kinley (6,194m), Kilimandjaro (5,895m), Mt Elbrus (5,642m), Mount Vinson (4,892m) and Mt Blanc (4,808m)
The Painter
Johann Joseph Eugene von Guerard was an Austrian-born artist, active in
Australia from 1852 to 1882. Known for his finely detailed landscapes in
the tradition of the Düsseldorf school of painting, he is represented
in Australia's major public galleries, and is referred to in the country
as Eugene von Guerard.
In 1852 von Guerard arrived in Victoria, Australia, determined to try
his luck on the Victorian goldfields. As a gold-digger he was not very
successful, but he did produce a large number of intimate studies of
goldfields life, quite different from the deliberately awe-inspiring
landscapes for which he was later to become famous. Realizing that there
were opportunities for an artist in Australia, he abandoned the
diggings and was soon undertaking commissions recording the dwellings
and properties of wealthy pastoralists.
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2020 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau
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2020 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau
