The subject of this work is the old Redfern Station, situated on Devonshire Street, just south of where Sydney's Central Station is now located. Painted three years after Arthur Streeton first visited Sydney, 'The railway station, Redfern' is an atmospheric study of rain and light. It falls within the tradition of tonal paintings of wet urban scenes which existed alongside the nationalistic evocations of sunlight and heat in Australian painting of this period.

　Streeton's choice of modern railway subject matter and his evocative approach were influenced by French and British impressionism as well as the decorative, asymmetrical design and flattened picture plane of Japanese woodcuts.

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　　雷德芬火车站位于悉尼德文郡街，现在的悉尼中央车站南面位置。雨水和阳光相互作用下湿热并存的城市，雾蒙蒙的天空向前推进，涌向后景层叠拥挤的建筑、络绎不绝的马车行人，前景平摊的大道上几乎只有一个匆忙通过的路人，结合英法印象派及日本版画的装饰性不对称的构图。