Intrépide : Australian women artists in early twentieth-century France / Clem Gorman and Therese Gorman
- Bib ID:
- 8049221
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gorman, Clem, 1942-, author
- Description:
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- Monash University, VIC : Monash University Publishing, 2020
- ©2020
- xl, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781925523928 (paperback)
- Summary:
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It is hard for us to imagine the oppressed lives of single women in the first half of the twentieth century. Yet a few Australian women took a leap into the unknown and carved careers for themselves in Paris. They studied, painted, and haunted galleries and salons. They had a little fun too, at social gatherings or at cafes in Montparnasse. They were brave, and very determined young ladies. They exhibited in the Paris Salons and in private galleries on the Left Bank, and received prizes and awards out of all proportion to their numbers. They bought back home not only greatly enhanced skills but also Modernism, to a country that had barely heard of it. This book examines a selection of some of the best of them, including some who have been all-but forgotten. They were pioneers, role models, fine artists - and they have been neglected. Not any longer.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1 Iso Rae: at home in two worlds
- ch. 2 Agnes Goodsir: a witness to Paris
- ch. 3 Marie Tuck: a very determined artist
- ch. 4: Bessie Gibson: a safe pair of hands
- ch. 5 Dora Meeson: progressive feminist, traditional artist
- ch. 6 Alice Muskett: multi-talented and generous
- ch. 7 Ethel Carrick: a team player
- ch. 8 Ada May Plante: an undervalued talent
- ch. 9 Margaret Preston: a driven woman
- ch. 10 Kathleen O'Connor: a solo act
- ch. 11 Anne Alison Greene: a passion for art and teaching
- ch. 12 Bessie Davidson: une Australienne Française
- ch. 13 Jessie Traill: a comprehensive vision
- ch. 14 Gladys Reynell: freedom and dedication
- ch. 15 Vida Lahey: a pioneering professional
- ch. 16 Mary Cockburn Mercer: La Vie Bohème
- ch. 17 Janet Cumbrae Stewart: trailblazer
- ch. 18 Hilda Rix Nicholas: an open-minded traditionalist
- ch. 19 Anne Dangar: communard and theorist
- ch. 20 Evelyn Chapman: a pioneer war artist
- ch. 21 Grace Crowley: a major Australian Modernist
- ch. 22 Dorrit Black: an influential convert to Modernism
- ch. 23 Stella Bowen: the symbiosis of art and life
- ch. 24 Made Freeman: a steady achiever
- ch. 25 Constance Stokes: a determined career
- ch. 26 Moya Dyring: artist and artist's friend
- ch. 27 Betty Quelhurst: a dedicated artist and teacher
- ch. 28 Margaret Olley: a lover of life and art.
- Notes:
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- Multiple formats will be published.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- NLApp84606
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gorman, T. F. (Therese F.), 1944-, author
- Also Titled:
- Intrepid
- Copyright:
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