John Russell – Australia’s French impressionist Exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW

Part of the French avant-garde of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, John Russell was a close friend of Vincent van Gogh and Auguste Rodin, taught impressionist colour theory to Henri Matisse and dined with Claude Monet. Yet history has largely forgotten Russell, who was a key member of this ground-breaking group of artists during one of the most exhilarating periods in art history. Bringing together 120 paintings, drawings and watercolours – including a number of works by his ...