Australian watercolour painters : 1780 to present day
Campbell, Jean1989
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Watercolour has been described as one of the more fragile sisters of the arts, but although it lacks as a rule the most imposing grandeur of architecture, sculpture, and the large scale works in oil and acrylic, it possesses enduring qualities of its own.
Main title:
Australian watercolour painters : 1780 to present day / by Jean Campbell
Author:
Imprint:
Roseville Craftsman House 1989
Collation:
394 pages illustrations (some colour)
Contents:
Acknowledgements - Foreward - Introduction - The explorers, first fleeters, and convicts - The colonists - The 1850's, 1860's and 1870's - The 1880's an 1890's: Victoria and New South Wales - The 1880's and 1890's: the other states - The twentieth century to 1914 - The artists of the First World War - The boom of the 1920's - The Australian watercolour institute - Contemporary stirrings in Sydney - The 1930's - The aranda watercolours - The Second World War - The 1940's - The 1950's and 1960's: Sydney and the abstract painters - The 1950's and 1960's: developments in Victoria - The 1950's and 1960's: developments in other states - Watercolour painters in the 1970's - Summary: present day attitudes to watercolour - Biographical listing of Australian watercolour painters - List of abbreviations - Members of the Australian watercolour institute (1923-1981) - Bibliography - Acknowledgements - Index of artists.
ISBN:
0947131280 (hardback)
Dewey class:
759.994 AUS
Local class:
759.994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2211
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 759.994 AUS | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |