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Tom Roberts, c 1895 State Library of New South Wales, Sydney Tom Roberts, c 1895 State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Tom Roberts

On March 8, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Australian, march 8

Tom Roberts, March 8, 1856–September 14, 1931, was an English-born Australian painter. Born in Dorchester, Dorset, he emigrated to Melbourne with his family in 1869. He studied at the National Gallery School under Thomas Clark and at the Royal Academy Schools in London from 1881 to 1884.

Returning to Melbourne in 1885, Roberts painted landscapes, portraits, and scenes of rural work. He worked with Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton, and Charles Conder in the group known as the Heidelberg School, and helped organize the 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition in 1889. He later painted the opening of Australia’s first Commonwealth Parliament.

Roberts spent much of 1903–1923 in England before settling permanently at Kallista, Victoria, where he continued painting landscapes until his final years. He died there in 1931. His works are held by the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Rosso Fiorentino, Descent from the Cross (Volterra), 1521 Oil on panel, 147.6 × 77.2 in Pinacoteca and Civic Museum, Volterra, Italy Rosso Fiorentino, Descent from the Cross (Volterra), 1521 Oil on panel, 147.6 × 77.2 in Pinacoteca and Civic Museum, Volterra, Italy

Rosso Fiorentino

On May 26, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, march 8

Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo), March 8, 1494–November 14, 1540, was a Florentine painter, draughtsman, and print designer. He trained in the workshop of Andrea del Sarto and studied the work of Michelangelo and Baccio Bandinelli. He worked in Florence from 1513 to 1523, then in Rome and elsewhere in Italy.

In 1530, Rosso entered the service of Francis I of France and joined Francesco Primaticcio at the royal château of Fontainebleau. He designed and painted work for the palace, including the Galerie François Ier, and helped shape the Fontainebleau school.

Paintings and drawings by Rosso Fiorentino are held by the Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the National Gallery in London, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.