Australia's Impressionists, National Gallery ★★★★★

Impressionism is among the most familiar movements in art’s history. Its headliners are much-loved: Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, with Manet and Cezanne at either end.

This winter, though, the National Gallery are approaching the movement from a different angle. From down under, in fact: Australia's Impressionists is a showcase of art made in the mid-19th century - in parallel with but distinct from its British and French counterparts.

Impressionism was a liberating movement. The paintings - composed en plein air, away from the creaking easel and stilled air of a studio - deal with light and movement as never before.

During the 1870s and 1880s, immigrant artists who had trained and worked in Europe brought first-hand experience of international art to Australia. They handed over Impressionism to their Antipodean counterparts - and this exhibition will showcase the results.

Australia had four major exponents of Impressionism – Tom Roberts (1856–1931), Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder (1868–1909), and John Russell (1858–1930).

We’re not in Europe anymore, Toto. Come and discover one of our best-loved movements transported to an unfamiliar landscape.