Search Results: modern australian women paintings and prints by hylton jane

Art Gallery of South Australia, 2001-11. Paperback. Good.

Art Gallery of South Australia, 2000-06. Paperback. Good.

Australia: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2001. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. An unused, as new book.

Adelaide, Australia: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2000. Hardcover. Good+ (corners roughly bumped; light rubbing. upper spine edge harshly bumped w/ bruise; spine ends roughly bumped. pgs bright). black pictorial boards w/ red & pink printing. 143 pgs w/ color illustrations. "In the mid-1920s when Australian art was beginning to atrophy into clichéd conservative landscapes, it was saved by women, who injected vitality and a new approach to style and subject matter.Artists such as Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Grace Crowley, Dorrit Black and Ethel Spowers were the pioneers and promoters of modernism in Australia, exploring new ideas about what art could portray and introducing artistic developments such as Cubism. Their paintings and prints challenged other artists and certainly challenged Australian audiences.Many of these 'modern' women led adventurous and unconventional lives. They travelled and studied in Europe. Many were financially independent and did not need to conform to the… Read More