Australian Artists Q-Z

  • Arnold Shore : pioneer modernist

    # 47408

    HAYSOM, Rob

    Arnold Shore : pioneer modernist

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2009. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 144, illustrated. As new. Nearly every history of Australian modern art, and monographs dedicated to artists of the period, will refer to the writings of Arnold Shore. Deakin University academic, Rob Haysom, explores the background of the artist, the difficulties of his time, and the development …

  • Andrew Sibley. An epic of the everyman

    # 47405

    THOMAS, David

    Andrew Sibley. An epic of the everyman

    Melbourne : Macmillan, 2004. Folio, boards in dustjacket, pp. 192, illustrated in colour. A substantial monograph on the artist. This richly detailed and colourfully illistrated book explores, via a series of key themes, the work of Melbourne artist Andrew Sibley. A self-confessed obsessive, with demonic energy and fierce determination to ‘live his art’, Sibley presents …

  • Yannima Tommy Watson

    # 47404

    McGREGOR, Ken and ZIMMER, Jenny

    Yannima Tommy Watson

    Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2010.  Series: Macmillan mini-art series number 11. Small square octavo, pictorial boards in dust jacket, 144 pp extensively illustrated. An as new copy.

  • Darkness & light. The art of William Robinson

    # 47397

    SEEAR, Lynne

    Darkness & light. The art of William Robinson

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 160, illustrated; an as new copy.

  • Jessie Traill : A biography

    # 47374

    OLIVER, Jo

    Jessie Traill : A biography

    Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2020. Octavo, laminated pictorial boards in dustjacket, pp. xvii; 388, illustrated. ‘This biography explores the remarkable life of Jessie Traill – artist, traveller, humanitarian and independent spirit. From the ten-year-old who first met Tom Roberts painting on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, to a student of Frederick McCubbin and …

  • Alan Sumner screenprints

    # 47369

    BUTLER, Roger

    Alan Sumner screenprints

    Melbourne : Eastgate Gallery, 1993. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers (light crease), pp. 99, illustrated. A catalogue based on the collection in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Another exhibition catalogue from the National Gallery of Victoria, and price list enclosed.  

  • John Russell : Australia's French Impressionist (Ann Galbally's copy)

    # 47351

    TUNNICLIFFE, Wayne (editor)

    John Russell : Australia’s French Impressionist (Ann Galbally’s copy)

    Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales and Melbourne : Thames & Hudson, 2019. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 264, illustrated in colour. Contributions by Hilary Spurling, Anne Galbally, Elena Taylor, Anne Ryan, Paula Dredge, Jackie Dunn, Nick Yelverton, and Anne Gerard Austin. A few light handling marks, a very good copy. From the library …

  • William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen (deluxe edition with signed archival print)

    # 47277

    YANG, William et al.

    William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen (deluxe edition with signed archival print)

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), 2021. Quarto, gilt-lettered pictorial boards, pp. 220, extensively illustrated. New copy. The rare deluxe edition, limited to only 50 copies signed by the artist. Mounted inside the upper board is a mylar sleeve housing a limited edition archival inkjet print Golden Summer 1987 / 2016 …

  • Brett Whiteley : the graphics 1961-1992

    # 47257

    WHITELEY, Brett (1939-1992)

    Brett Whiteley : the graphics 1961-1992

    Melbourne : Deutscher Fine Art, 1995. Small folio, illustrated cards, 120 pp, fully illustrated in colour and black and white, light handling marks to wrappers, a very good copy. A catalogue raisonne of Whiteley’s graphic output. 1000 copies were printed, of which (according to information provided by Chris Deutscher) approximately 400 were accidentally destroyed while …

  • Art in Australia (complete set)

    # 47043

    Sydney Ure Smith

    Art in Australia (complete set)

    Art in Australia. Series 1, No. 1 – Series 4, No. 6 (1916 – 1942). Completes set. Series 1 (11 issues, quarto), Series 2 (2 issues, large quarto), Series 3 (80 issues, quarto), Series 4 (6 issues, large quarto). Illustrated wrappers, occasional chipping and flecking, extensively illustrated, tipped-in plates, a very good set. The most …

  • Aida Tomescu : three catalogues

    # 47116

    TOMESCU, Aida

    Aida Tomescu : three catalogues

    Aida Tomescu. Paintings and drawings. November 2 – 27, 1999. Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 1999. Quarto, exhibition catalogue, folding card, pp. [8], illustrated, biography. Aida Tomescu. New paintings and etchings. 15 November 17 December 2000. Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 2000. Quarto, exhibition catalogue, folding card, pp. [8], illustrated, biography. Price list and invitation card. Aida …

  • Searching for Gaia : the art of Guy Warren

    # 47295

    LYNTON, Norbert et al

    Searching for Gaia : the art of Guy Warren

    By Norbert Lynton & John McDonald ; Deborah Hart ; with an autobiographical account by the artist. Melbourne : Macmillan Art Publishing, 2003. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 192, illustrated. New copy of an out of print book. ‘Offers an artist’s view of life and art in Sydney during the better part of the 20th …

  • Alison Rehfisch. A life for art (from the library of Australian painter Criss Canning)

    # 47275

    POWER, Rachel.

    Alison Rehfisch. A life for art (from the library of Australian painter Criss Canning)

    Sydney: The Beagle Press, 2002. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (upper edge of dustjacket worn), 143pp. illustrated with the artist’s still lifes and landscapes. From the library of noted Australian artist Criss Canning, signed in ink on the half-title. Provenance: Criss Canning, acquired in 2023

  • The art of John Peter Russell (The author's copy)

    # 47274

    GALBALLY, Ann

    The art of John Peter Russell (The author’s copy)

    Melbourne: Sun Books, 1977. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers, 124pp. illustrated throughout in colour. Catalogue of exhibition loosely enclosed. Acquired from the library of the author, renowned art historian Ann Galbally, signed by her on the title page.  

  • Violet Teague

    # 47259

    CLARK, Jane and DRUCE, Felicity

    Violet Teague

    Sydney : The Beagle Press, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 128, published in conjunction with the Violet Teague retrospective exhibition (1999), foreword by Professor Jaynie Anderson, contains 52 colour and black & white plates of Teague’s works, introduction by Jane Clark, essays by Felicity Druce, Richard Neville, Roger Butler, Anita Callaway, Kay Vernon, Jeanette Hoorn, …

  • Master of stillness. Jeffrey Smart paintings 1940 - 2011

    # 47070

    PEARCE, Barry

    Master of stillness. Jeffrey Smart paintings 1940 – 2011

    Adelaide : The Wakefield Press, 2012 (2021 reprint). Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 136, illustrated. New copy. Master of Stillness illuminates the vision of the most celebrated of Australian expatriate artists, from his beginnings in Adelaide until his last major composition painted in Italy, where he lived for five decades until his death in 2013. …