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Line 166: Writing in 1980, Australian artist and scholar [[Ian Burn]] described the Heidelberg School as "mediating the relation to the bush of most people growing up in Australia. ... Perhaps no other local imagery is so much a part of an Australian consciousness and ideological make-up."<ref>[[Ian Burn\|Burn, Ian]]. "Beating About the Bush: The Landscapes of the Heidelberg School". In Bradley, Anthony; [[Terry Smith (art historian)\|Smith, Terry]]. ''Australian Art and Architecture''. [[Oxford University Press]], 1980. {{ISBN\|0195505883}}, pp. 83–98</ref> Their works are known to many Australians through reproductions, appearing in bars and motels, on stamps and as the covers of paperback copies of [[Australian literature#Early and classic works\|colonial literature]]. Heidelberg School artworks are among the most collectible in Australian art; in 1995, the [[National Gallery of Australia]] acquired Streeton's ''[[Golden Summer, Eaglemont]]'' (1889) from a private owner for $3.5 million, then a record price for an Australian painting.<ref>Strickland, Katrina. ''Affairs of the Art: Love, Loss and Power in the Art World''. Melbourne University Publishing, 2013. {{ISBN\|9780522864083}}.</ref> McCubbin's ''[[Bush Idyll]]'' (1893) briefly held the record price for a publicly auctioned Australian painting when it sold at [[Christie's]] in 1998 for $2.31 million.<ref>Rule, Andrew (3 October 2013). [https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/fifteen-years-after-setting-a-sales-record-a-famous-painting-fails-to-sell/news-story/ef072c7b20388d722d261a965aca544b "Fifteen years after setting a sales record, a famous painting fails to sell"], ''Herald Sun''. Retrieved 5 December 2018.</ref> ~~The~~While the [[Australian tonalism\|Australian tonalists]] and [[modern art\|modernists]] such as [[Roy De Maistre]] and [[Grace Cossington Smith]] pushed Australian art in new directions in the 1910s, the pastoral vision of the Heidelberg School ~~dominated~~continued to dominate Australian landscape painting ~~well into the 20th century~~, as evidenced by ~~the winning entries of~~ the [[Wynne Prize]]~~—awarded~~, awarded annually by the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] "for the best landscape painting of Australian scenery ~~in oils or watercolours~~"~~—which,~~. ~~until~~Until the early 1940s, winning entries "invariably depicted the gum trees, sunlight and rural scene as developed by Streeton and Roberts".<ref>Short, John R. (2005). ''Imagined Country: Environment, Culture, and Society''. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815629542, p. 211</ref> Heidelberg School member Walter Withers won the inaugural Wynne Prize in 1897 with ''[[c:File:Walter Withers - The storm - Google Art Project.jpg\|The Storm]]'', and successors of the movement, [[Elioth Gruner]] and [[Hans Heysen]], went on to win a record seven and nine times, respectively. According to [[Robert Hughes (critic)\|Robert Hughes]], the Heidelberg School tradition "ossified" during this period into a conventional academic system and an unimaginative national style prolonged by what he called its "zombie acolytes".<ref>Hughes (1966), pp. 89–90.</ref> The [[federation of Australia]] in 1901, followed by World War I, are seen to have contributed to the enduring popularity of the style, as it offered comfort and familiarity to Australians impacted by the war, and depicted a "pastoral utopia" that was "eminently worth defending even unto death".<ref>Haynes, Roslynn D. (1998). ''Seeking the Centre: The Australian Desert in Literature, Art and Film''. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521571111. p. 162</ref><ref>Margaret Plant (1987). [https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/the-lost-art-of-federation-australias-quest-for-modernism/ "The lost art of Federation: Australia's quest for modernism"], ''Art Bulletin of Victoria''. No. 28, pp. 118–125</ref> The Heidelberg School is examined in ''[[One Summer Again]]'', a three-part [[docudrama]] that first aired on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation\|ABC]] television in 1985. The movement featured in the [[Australian citizenship test]], overseen by former prime minister [[John Howard]] in 2007. Such references to history were removed the following year, instead focusing on "the commitments in [[Australian nationality law#Pledge of Commitment\|the pledge]] rather than being a general knowledge quiz about Australia."<ref>Anderson, Laura (22 November 2008). [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/sporting-focus-off-citizenship-test/story-e6frf7jo-1111118108570 "Sporting focus taken off citizenship test"], ''Herald Sun''. Retrieved 13 March 2013.</ref>

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