Four seasons 1987 Panel 1 of Four seasons 1987 Full screen Panel 2 of Four seasons 1987 Full screen Panel 3 of Four seasons 1987 Full screen Panel 4 of Four seasons 1987 Full screen Detail 1 Detail 2 William Robinson Four seasons 1987 Oil on canvas Four panels: 137.5 x 188cm (each) Commissioned 1987 with funds from the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited on the occasion of Australia’s Bicentenary 1988 Queensland Art Gallery In the fourth panel of Four seasons (see Detail 1), William and Shirley Robinson gallop into a glorious sunset at the very edge of a winter’s day. The artist has depicted William and Shirley mounted on a sturdy barrel-chested steed. The looping length of the path, rollicking through the seasons, dwarfs its owners; but they are the lords of this creation nevertheless. As in other landscapes by Robinson, there is an explicit tension between the puny pretensions of humankind and the grand setting of nature. Back to Beechmont | Next painting Print friendly version