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WALTER WITHERS' HOUSE - SOUTHERNWOOD
Location250 BOLTON STREET ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010 What is significant?
How is it significant? Why is it significant? The studio is historically significant because it was the space in which Walter Withers worked and in which he painted his largest canvas: The return from the harvest (Criterion A).
The c1891 house, the c1948 additions, the c1903 studio and the entire site to the title boundaries.
The house and studio are historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik and to the State of Victoria (VHR H2235).
The house is historically significant because it was the home of the prominent Australian artist Walter Withers. Withers was a member of the 'Heidelberg School' and the first commercially successful painter to come and live in Eltham, and played a part in attracting other artists to the area and, thereby, in establishing Eltham's reputation as an artistic community (Criteria H & A).
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House