Once he was known as ‘Australia’s lost impressionist’ and referred to as John Peter Russell. Now at the Art Gallery of NSW he is named simply John Russell and is described correctly as ‘Australia’s French Impressionist’. The Gallery has mounted the first survey of his work in 40 years; a major exhibition bringing together 120 works from private and public collections including the Van Gogh Museum, the Musée d’Orsay and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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