Sydney Long
Bio
Sydney Long (1871–1955) was born in Goulburn, NSW and trained in Sydney at the Art Society of New South Wales School, studying under AJ Daplyn and Julian Ashton. He began exhibiting works in 1894 and became most well known for his art-nouveau inspired depictions of the Australian landscape.
“Sydney Long was a man of secrets. We do not know for certain when he was born or who his parents were. Although he married, fellow artist Roy de Maistre disclosed that the two had been lovers. The curator of a major Long exhibition in 2012 suggested that Baron von Gloëdon’s photographs of naked Sicilian boys were the inspiration for Long’s 1894 masterpiece By tranquil waters." - Art Gallery of New South Wales