During the mid-nineteenth century in
Australia, artists such as Glover and Von Guerard somewhat distorted the Australian landscape through their European perspective. This style was reminiscent of the lush, green, picturesque scenery of
Europe, and often misrepresented the stark, scrubby and earthy features of the Australian bush. For example, Glover would paint his trees Gum-Trees with curved wavy and things like gum-trees were painted with smooth wavy branches when in actual fact the branches are fairly strait and angular. However, we must take note that these painting were often sold on the European market, so it was necessary for the artwork to remain in keeping with the European style. It wasn’t until the coming of artists like Conder, McCubbin and Sutherland who introduced a far rougher, looser and earthier style of painting that the true essence of the Australian Bush was finally depicted. They painted quickly using colour to capture the light and heat of the landscape and their paintings were often lighter and/or brighter compared to the darker European ones.
