THE NEW PRINT OF CLUNES MOST FAMOUS PAINTING 'BREAKING THE NEWS' BY SIR JOHN LONGSTAFF WAS PRESENTED TO CLUNES MUSEUM BY EUGENE SCHLUSSER ON AUGUST 13TH 2009 AS A GIFT AND A THANK YOU. EUGENE SCHLUSSER AN INDEPENDENT FILM MAKER MADE A SUCCESSFUL SHORT FILM ABOUT CLUNES 'CLUNES GOLD' FOR THE 150TH CELEBRATIONS OF THE FIRST GOLD DISCOVERY IN VICTORIA IN 2001.FRAMED PRINT OF JOHN LONGSTAFF'S PAINTING OF ''BREAKING THE NEWS - SUPPLEMENTARY, PRESENTED TO CLUNES MUSEUM BY EUGENE SCHLUSSER AUGUST 13, 2009(BOTTOM LH CORNER) JOHNLlONGSTAFF (1862-1941) AUSTRALIA, "BREAKING THE NEWS" OIL ON CANVAS 109.7 X 152.8 CM STATE COLLECTION, ART GALLERY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. ACQUIRED WITH FUNDS FROM THE HACKETT BEQUEST 1933local history, illustration, prints, longstaff, sir john

THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS A COPY OF PAINTING BY SIR JOHN LONGSTAFF OF EDNA THOMAS. DISPLAYED IN CASTLEMAINE ART GALLERY & HISTORICAL MUSEUM. OIL ON CANVAS - SIR JOHN LONGSTAFF WAS BORN IN CLUNES IN 1862, AND HAD HIS FIRST PAINTING LESSONS FROM A DR. BRUHN IN CLUNES AT A VERY EARLY AGE.PHOTOGRAPH COPY OF AN OIL ON CANVAS EDNA THOMAS 1929 BY SIR JOHN LONGSTAFFlocal history, photography, photographs, longstaff, sir john

John was a well known painter of Stawell mainly rural scenes Eileen his wife was a painter in her own right Donor Cynthia (Cindy) Simmons was on the staff of Stawell High School 1974Framed Oil portrait of man in glassesEileen Gloverart