Australian Art - General

  • A survey of Australian relief prints, 1900/1950

    # 46627

    Deutsher, Chris; Butler, Roger.

    A survey of Australian relief prints, 1900/1950

    Melbourne : Deutscher Galleries, 1978. Large octavo, pictorial wrappers, edges rubbed, 125pp. Illustrated in black and white showing woodcut and linocut prints, with additional biographical information on the artists represented. Crease to lower wrapper, light handling wear, a very good reference copy.

  • The Antipodeans : challenge and response in Australian art 1955 - 1965

    # 46625

    McDONALD, John et al.

    The Antipodeans : challenge and response in Australian art 1955 – 1965

    Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 48, illustrated. A detailed study of the Antipodeans and their circle, namely Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, Charles Blackman, Robert Dickerson, Clifton Pugh, John Brack and John Perceval.

  • All the rage. The poster in Victoria 1850 - 2000.

    # 46624

    All the rage. The poster in Victoria 1850 – 2000.

    Melbourne : State Library of Victoria, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 74, illustrated.

  • Field to figuration : Australian art 1960-1986

    # 46620

    LINDSAY, Robert

    Field to figuration : Australian art 1960-1986

    Works from the National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (one corner bumped), previous owner’s name to title page, pp.  128, illustrated. Davida Allen, Howard Arkley, Peter Booth, Mike Brown, George Baldessin, Dale Hickey, Robert Hunter, Colin Lanceley, Bea Maddock, John David, Robert Rooney, Andrew Siblet, Stellarc, Gareth …

  • Degenerates and perverts : the 1939 Herald exhibition of French and British contemporary art

    # 46617

    CHANIN, Eileen and MILLER, Steven

    Degenerates and perverts : the 1939 Herald exhibition of French and British contemporary art

    Eileen Chanin and Steven Miller ; with an introductory essay by Judith Pugh. Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2005. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. xi, 306, illustrated. An account of an exhibition that brought the Australian public face- to-face for the first time with the experimental art that had been developing in Europe during the …

  • J. J. Hilder and contemporaries

    # 46615

    HILDER, J. J. et al.

    J. J. Hilder and contemporaries

    Watercolours from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1981. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, lightly marked, pp. [20, illustrated. Works by J. J. Hilder, Sydney Long, Hans Heysen, Blamire Young and Norman Lindsay.

  • the mind of itself and the world

    # 46545

    FENNER, Brooke Shanti et al.

    the mind of itself and the world

    Northcote, Vic. : Light Projects, 2011. Octavo (210 x 150 mm), stapled pictorial wrappers, pp. 108, illustrated; an excellent copy. Booklet produced in the wake of the mind of itself and the world, a collaborative project at Light Projects (Northcote, Melbourne), 15 August-4 September 2011, facilitated by Brooke Shanti Fenner, Oliver Cloke and Tahlia Jolly, with artists Laura …

  • The Formalesque : a guide to modern art and its history

    # 46522

    SMITH, Bernard (1916 - 2011)

    The Formalesque : a guide to modern art and its history

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2007. Octavo, cloth bound boards in dustjacket, pp. 135, illustrated. As new condition, very fine. “In this well-illustrated book Professor Bernard Smith, who is often referred to as the father of art history in Australia, condenses the arguments presented in an earlier publication Modernisms History, 1998) into a very accessible …

  • The artist's lunch : at home with Australia's most celebrated artists

    # 46498

    McCORMICK, Alice; RHODES, Sarah

    The artist’s lunch : at home with Australia’s most celebrated artists

    Text : Alice McCormick; photography : Sarah Rhodes. Foreword by Margaret Olley. Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2008. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (lightly marked), pp. 231, illustrated. A fine copy. “Join photographer Sarah Rhodes and writer Alice McCormick as they meet up for lunch with 18 of Australias most lauded artists. From beans on toast with …

  • Bohemians in the bush : the artists' camps of Mosman

    # 46448

    THOMS, Albie et al.

    Bohemians in the bush : the artists’ camps of Mosman

    Text by Albie Thoms ; edited by Barry Pearce and Linda Slutzkin. [Sydney] : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1991. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 80, illustrated. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Bohemians in the bush, the artists camps of Mosman, 6 June-25 August 1991. Loosely enclosed, an additional illustrated brochure The painter’s walk …

  • Painted women : Australian artists in Europe at the turn of the century

    # 46439

    GRAY, Anne

    Painted women : Australian artists in Europe at the turn of the century

    Anne Gray with essays by Helen Carroll, Ann Galbally, Janda Gooding, Barbara Kane, Ruth Zubans. Perth : Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, the University of Western Australia, [1998]. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp. 52, illustrated, vertical crease to covers and text block. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, …

  • Belle-Île : Monet, Russell & Matisse in Brittany

    # 46436

    PRUNSTER, Ursula

    Belle-Île : Monet, Russell & Matisse in Brittany

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2001. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 132, illustrated. Curated by Ursula Prunster with contributions by Ann Galbally, Albie Thoms and Paula Dredge.  

  • The artist and the patron : aspects of colonial art in New South Wales

    # 46423

    McDONALD, Patricia R.; PEARCE, Barry

    The artist and the patron : aspects of colonial art in New South Wales

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1988. Quarto, pictorial wrappers (light handling creases), 187 pp, colour and black and white illustrations, a very good copy. From the library of renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the half title.

  • The dictionary of Australian artists

    # 46420

    KERR, Joan

    The dictionary of Australian artists

    Painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1992. First edition. Thick quarto, boards in dustjacket, slight corner wear, pp. 889, extensively illustrated. An invaluable reference on colonial Australian artists. A fine copy. An invaluable reference on colonial Australian art, with much information not found online.  

  • The art of the First Fleet

    # 46417

    DI TOMMASO, Lisa

    The art of the First Fleet

    Melbourne : Hardie Grant Books, 2012. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, light handling wear, pp. 112, extensively illustrated. Ethnographical and topographical art, zoology and botanical painting from the Natural History Museum, London.

  • The art of the First Fleet & other early Australian drawings

    # 46350

    SMITH, Bernard and WHEELER, Alwyne (eds.)

    The art of the First Fleet & other early Australian drawings

    Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1988. Folio, cloth in dustjacket, pp. 256, illustrated. A significant survey of Australia’s earliest colonial art, including ethnographical studies, natural history drawings, early views of Sydney and New South Wales as well as early maps.