Divine poetical feelings

The exhibition devoted to Eugène von Guérard at the National Gallery of Victoria is the best experience I have had in an art exhibition in a long time. I well remember the first major von Guérard exhibition in 1980 – the feeling then was one of a rich, almost dense profusion and telling detail. The new exhibition brings out von Guérard’s unique sense of limitless landscape space. And it’s a tribute to the artist as effectively the first curator of the NGV. Brilliant.