Australian Artists A-D

  • # 46421

    JONES, John

    Robert Dowling. Tasmanian son of Empire (Ann Galbally’s copy)

    Melbourne : NGV, 2010. Octavo, illustrated boards, pp. 192, illustrated. Dowling holds a special place in the history of Australian art, as the first artist to be be trained in Australia and was renowned for his paintings of pastoralists, indigenous people and biblical themes. This is the first major exhibition of his work. Published in conjunction …

  • # 46341

    [DICKERSON]. POWELL, Louisa

    Robert Dickerson : the complete graphics

    Sydney : Queen Street Fine Art, 2002. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, pp. 132, illustrated. A detailed survey of the graphic output of the noted Australian artist, with all works illustrated. New copy.

  • # 46115

    [BOYD, Arthur]

    Paintings Arthur Boyd (1960)

    London : Zwemmer Gallery, 1960. Quarto, self wrappers (lightly marked, one corner creased), pp. 8, three large black & white reproductions of Boyd’s paintings from his Bride series, introduction by Bryan Robertson, catalogue of seventeen paintings by Boyd, biographical note on the artist, a very good copy. Rare.

  • # 46216

    SMITH, Geoffrey and ST JOHN MOORE, Felicity

    Charles Blackman. Alice in Wonderland

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2006. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers (slightly creased to one corner), pp. 142, extensively illustrated. A very good copy.

  • # 46068

    NORTH, Ian

    The art of Dorrit Black

    Melbourne: Macmillan and the Art Gallery of South Australia, 1979. Quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp 152, a fine copy. The standard monograph on the artist, illustrated throughout with a detailed catalogue.  

  • # 46240

    JAMES, Rodney (curator)

    Janet Cumbrae Stewart : the perfect touch

    Melbourne : Mornington Peninsula Gallery, 2003. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, 28pp. Exhibition catalogue which features full colour images, and essays by Catherine Salmon and Dr. Juliette Peers. Scarce.

  • # 46194

    GRANT, Kirsty et al.

    John Brack

    Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 2009. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, spine creased, 248 pp. fully illustrated. Contributions by Helen Brack, Sasha Grishin, Robert Lindsay and Chris McAuliffe. Printed to accompany the major touring retrospective of Brack in 2009-10, an essential reference on the artist. A ver good copy.

  • # 46162

    KLEPNER, Frank

    Yosl Bergner : art as a meeting of cultures

    With a preface by Bernard Smith. Melbourne, Vic. : Macmillan, 2004. Octavo, boards in dustjacket, pp. 160, illustrated. A fine copy, as new. ‘The painter Yosl Bergner was born in Vienna in 1920, arrived in Australia in 1937 and migrated to Israel in 1950. Melbourne scholar, Frank Klepner, provides a richly-detailed history of Bergner’s Australian …

  • # 46161

    ADAMS, Tate

    The first vines : with 42 wood-engravings by Tate Adams

    Melbourne : Macmillan, and Brisbane : The State Library of Queensland, 2006. Quarto, gilt-lettered cloth with pictorial inlay to upper board, illustrated endpapers, pp. 95, illustrated.  Preface by John Olsen. As new copy. Tate Adams produced the 43 wood-engravings of pioneering Australian wineries over the six years leading up to the nation’s bicentenary celebrations in …

  • # 46120

    BOYD, David

    David Boyd. ‘Survey retrospective exhibition’ (1957 – 1992) 27 May – 10 June, 1992

    Melbourne : Ivanyi Galleries, 1992. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp.28, illustrated in colour, biographical notes. A fine copy.

  • # 46117

    BOYD, David (1924 - 2011)

    DAVID BOYD. A retrospective exhibition 1957 – 1978.

    The Albert Hall, Canberra 2-19 February 1979. Organised by Marcia Hill Galleries, Canberra. Small folio, pp. 24 plus illustrated wrappers, numerous illustrations and catalogue of 148 David Boyd paintings, light wear, a very good copy.

  • # 46083

    OLSEN, Penny

    Cayley & Son. The life and art of Neville Henry Hayley & Neville William Cayley

    Canberra : NLA Publishing, 2013. Quarto, illustrated boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. [viii]; 227, extensively illustrated.

  • # 46057

    WEST, Margaret K. C.

    Declan : a Tiwi artist

    With an appreciation of Tiwi art by R. Berndt. [Perth] : Australian City Properties Ltd , 1987. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 40, illustrated. ‘Life and work of Tiwi artist Declan from Bathurst Island; burial posts (tutiri), barbed ceremonial spears, carved animals, bark paintings; pukamani ceremony; kulama ceremony; myuthological context of ceremonies; from touring memorial exhibition.’ …

  • # 46038

    STEPHEN, Ann

    Artists think : the late work of Ian Burn

    Sydney : Power Publications in association with the Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers in printed acetate dustjacket, pp. 119, extensively illustrated. An extensive and detailed monograph on the noteworthy Australian conceptual artist.  

  • # 45950

    RYAN, Judith

    Remembering Barak

    Melbourne., Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2003. Quarto (260 x 200 mm), illustrated card wrappers, pp. 64; illustrated in colour; essays by Judith Ryan and Carol Cooper; a pristine copy. Discussion and commemoration of the work and life of William Barak, leader and artist.

  • # 45022

    CABOURET, Mark R.

    Out from the shadows. John Mitchell Cantle 1849 – 1919 : Australia’s first native-born ornithological draughtsman

    Sydney : The Australiana Society Inc., 2023. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 176, illustrated. New copy. ‘An illustrated work documenting the Australian John Mitchell Cantle and his bird illustrations. He was an architectural draughtsman and railway surveyor, but is best known as an ornithological painter, illustrator, cartoonist and postcard designer.’ – Trove ‘Mark Cabouret is a …