Roland Wakelin. Mount Wellington 1935 By the early 1930s the tide of critical opinion was beginning to ebb in favour of modern art and Wakelin was beginning to be rightfully acknowledged as a pioneer in Australian art. He was subsequently included in the major 1938 survey 150 years of Australian art and was also the subject of a 1942 retrospective at the Art Gallery of NSW. From the mid 1930s until the 1960s, Wakelin’s works – predominately regional landscapes and urban scenes – entered a romantic phase characterised by moody light and shadow…’ NSW Art Gallery