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For one-hundred years, from 1850 to 1950, landscape painting was the 'great' subject of Australian art, reflecting the nation's changing identity. Written by National Gallery of Australia Director Ron Radford, Ocean to outback reproduces works from the national art collection. Every Australian state and territory is represented, through such important artists as Thomas Baines, Clarice Beckett, Arthur Boyd, Charles Conder, Grace Cossington Smith, Ray Crooke, Russell Drysdale, Harry Garlick, Elioth Gruner, Hans Heysen, Sidney Nolan, Margaret Preston, Tom Roberts, Jeffrey Smart, Arthur Streeton, Howard Taylor, Albert Tucker and Eugene Von Guérard.