The Pioneer is a 1904 painting by Australian artist Frederick McCubbin. The painting is a triptych; the three panels tell a story of a free selector and his family making a life in the Australian bush. It is widely considered one of the masterpieces of Australian art.
The Pioneer (painting)
Frederick McCubbin was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism.
Self-portrait, 1886, Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Pioneer, 1904, National Gallery of Victoria
Bush Idyll, 1893
The Letter (McCubbin), 1884