The North Wind
Painting by Frederick McCubbin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 2021 film, see The North Wind (film).
The North Wind is a painting by Australian painter Frederick McCubbin, thought to have been painted in around 1888. The painting depicts a young family—the woman and child in a dray, the man and a dog on foot—making "its way down a bush track, buffeted by the treacherous ‘north wind’".[1]
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Artist | Frederick McCubbin |
Year | 1888 |
Type | oil on canvas on plywood |
Dimensions | 91.9 cm × 152.3 cm (36.2 in × 60.0 in) |
Location | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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The painting was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in 1941 through the Felton Bequest. The NGV undertook a major restoration of the painting in 2014 funded with assistance from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Project.[2]