Sydney Long (20 August 1871 – 23 January 1955) was an Australian artist. Originally inspired by the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionism, Long developed his own Symbolist approach to the Australian landscape, and by the 1910s had …

Sydney Long is best known for his art nouveau inspired depictions of the Australian landscape. Fusing elements of this decorative style with mythological subject matter, Long produced a series of seminal paintings during the 1890s that presented an alternative vision of the Australian landscape, painting it not in terms of its representational ...

Sydney Long was known for painting landscapes and magical scenes. Primarily, Long worked with oil paints to create landscapes and beautiful scenes of flamingoes and other birds in a soulful manner. Long also experimented with etching, showcasing quality in …

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When Sydney Long exhibited his art-nouveau masterpiece ‘Pan’ in 1898, it cemented his reputation as a painter who was leading a shift toward a more abstract painting in Australia.

Sydney Long (1871-1955), painter and etcher, was born on 20 August 1871 at Ifield, Goulburn, New South Wales, posthumous fifth child of James Long, Irish commission agent, and his native-born wife Susan, née Fletcher.

Sydney Long (1871-1955) is Australia's foremost Art Nouveau style painter and a major Symbolist. In works such as The Spirit of the plains 1897, Pan 1898 and Fantasy c 1914, as well as in his many versions of Flamingoes, he created magical images.

Sydney Long came to prominence as a symbolist painter during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was known for forging an Arcadian vision of Australia through allegorical landscape works. 'By tranquil waters' was painted early in Long's career and represents one of …

Sydney Long (1871–1955) was born in Goulburn, NSW and trained in Sydney at the Art Society of New South Wales School, studying under AJ Daplyn and Julian Ashton. He began exhibiting works in 1894 and became most well known for his art-nouveau inspired depictions of the Australian landscape.

Sydney Long (1871-1955), painter and etcher, was born on 20 August 1871 at Ifield, Goulburn, New South Wales, posthumous fifth child of James Long, Irish commission agent, and his native-born wife Susan, née Fletcher.