Julian Ashton

Julian Ashton CBE
Portrait of Ashton by George Washington Lambert, 1928, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Born	Julian Rossi Ashton (1851-01-27)27 January 1851 Addlestone, Surrey, England
Died	27 April 1942(1942-04-27) (aged 91) Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known for	Art patron; teacher; landscape and portraiture Julian Ashton Art School
Movement	Heidelberg School
Spouses	Eliza Ann Pugh (m. 1876; d. 15 July 1900) (Constance) Irene Morley (m. 1902; d. 1946)
Elected	Trustee, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Julian Rossi Ashton CBE (27 January 1851 – 27 April 1942) was an English-born Australian artist and teacher. He is best known for founding the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and encouraging Australian painters to capture local life and scenery en plein air, greatly influencing the impressionist Heidelberg School movement.

He was a principal organiser of the 1898 Exhibition of Australian Art in London, the first major exhibition of Australian art internationally.