Book Description
Featuring paintings and photographs, this beautifully illustrated collection exhibits how artists between the years of 1919 and 1945 recorded the coming of modernity to Australia. At a time when most artists were using rural subjects, these artists turned their attention to the tearing down of city centers and ordinary people at work and leisure, revealing an Australia that is familiar yet far from the iconic outback. From beaches photographed by Max Dupain to the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge captured by Grace Cossington Smith and Jessie Trail, this unveils a crossing into contemporary times that helped to define Australian art.
About the Author
John Slater was an inspector of schools in England for 20 years, with national responsibility for the teaching of history.
Through Artists' Eyes: Australian Suburbs and Their Cities 1919-1945 FROM THE PUBLISHER
"John Slater explores how, at a time when most images produced by Australian artists were of rural or bush subjects, some instead turned their attention to their surroundings, and painted, drew or photographed the busy life of the metropolis." Through the beaches photographed by Max Dupain, the angry South Melbourne pictures of Arthur Boyd and the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge captured by, amongst others, Grace Cossington Smith and Jessie Traill, Slater reveals an Australia that is familiar, yet streets away from the iconic outback. This illustrated book shows how artists recorded the coming of Modernity, the tearing down and rebuilding of city centres and the lives of ordinary people at work and at leisure.
Art & Photography
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