One painter, followed through a life

A Norwegian who kept a small back-turned wanderer in his landscapes, the artist of the Burke and Wills expedition, the doctor who painted Cape Crozier for Scott. Each essay walks one painter’s life through the pictures it left behind.

Edward Wilson, the doctor who painted Antarctica via The Eclectic Light Company

An essay on the physician, ornithologist and watercolourist of Scott's two expeditions

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Ludwig Becker, the artist who died crossing Australia via The Eclectic Light Company

An essay on the German-born naturalist and painter of the Burke and Wills expedition

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Thomas Fearnley, the brief Wanderer via The Eclectic Light Company

An essay on the tiny back-turned figures in a Norwegian Romantic's landscapes

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