Talk:Shearing the Rams

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Did you know... that new evidence has revealed that Australian artist Tom Roberts painted much of his masterpiece Shearing the Rams on location en plein air, not in his Melbourne studio?

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New External Link added

I moderate the Culture Victoria website and have added an external link to images and video about the restoration of “Shearing the Rams”.Eleworth (talk) 00:48, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Tom Roberts - Shearing the rams - Google Art Project.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Tom Roberts - Shearing the rams - Google Art Project.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 12, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-04-12. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:47, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Shearing the Rams is an 1890 oil painting on canvas by Australian artist Tom Roberts. It depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed. One of Australia's best-known paintings, it and other Australian Impressionist works gave visual expression to an emerging sense of national identity. The painting is held at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.Painting: Tom Roberts

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