Julian Rossi Ashton CBE (27 January 1851 – 27 April 1942) was an English-born Australian artist and teacher. He is best known for founding the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and encouraging Australian painters to capture local life and scenery en plein air, greatly influencing the impressionist Heidelberg School movement.
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27 January 1851 Addlestone, Surrey, England
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Died |
27 April 1942 (aged 91) Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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