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The Dictionary of Australian Artists
The most comprehensive dictionary on the topic ever produced, this reference contains over a million words describing some 3000 artists. Focusing on the Australian colonial period, the book includes 450 illustrations to redefine Australia's visual origins in an authoritative, entertaining, and original way. It will become a standard reference for art connoisseurs, private collectors, dealers, curators, and anyone with a serious interest in early Australian art.
Studio
'Studio' presents an extraordinary anthology of visual and verbal insights into the way paintings are made, and the complex blend of motivation and inspiration that sustains the painter in his or her solitary search for meaning.
Australian Painters in Etaples
In 1900, 30 Australian artists were working in Etaples, a French fishing village west of Paris. Charles Conder, Rupert Bunny, Isobel Rae and John Peter Russell were among these wo lived and worked in France.
Australian Impressionist & Realist Artists
Each artist has submitted a previously unpublished work, and further, has had considerable input in selecting the works they personally feel to be among their finest. In addition, many artists have given a thumbnail sketch of the development of their own professional careers in art, specifically to prompt aspiring artists to consider how they too, can pursue a life of artistic endeavour.
Identity, Community and Australian Artists, 1890-1914
An irresistible call lured Australian artists abroad between 1890 and 1914, a transitional period immediately pre- and post-federation. Travelling enabled an extension of artistic frontiers, and Paris – the centre of art – and London – the heart of the Empire – promised wondrous opportunities. These expatriate artists formed communities based on their common bond to Australia, enacting their Australian-ness in private and public settings. Yet, they also interacted with the broader creative community, fashioning a network of social and professional relationships. They joined ateliers in Paris such as the Académie Julian, clubs like the Chelsea Arts Club in London and visited artist c...
"Australian Art and Artists in London, 1950?965 "
Subtle and wide-ranging in its account, this study explores the impact of Australian art in Britain in the two decades following the end of World War II and preceding the 'Swinging Sixties'. In a transitional period of decolonization in Britain, Australian painting was briefly seized upon as a dynamic and reinvigorating force in contemporary art, and a group of Australian artists settled in London where they held centre stage with group and solo exhibitions in the capital's most prestigious galleries. The book traces the key influences of Sir Kenneth Clark, Bernard Smith and Bryan Robertson in their various (and varying) roles as patrons, ideologues, and entrepreneurs for Australian art, as ...
Australian Painters of the Twentieth Century
First in a new series devoted to the achievements of Australian
Australian Painters
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Images in Opposition
Australian landscape painting 1788-1901; includes chapter on depiction of Aborigines in landscape settings.
