… illustrations, maps and text a settler-colonial view of Australia's history, landscape and ways of life, and did so with the aid of over 800 … steel- and wood-engraved illustrations. It was also a catalyst for the art movement that followed, now known as Australian impressionism. The exhibition showcases the art of three of the Atlas's principal artists – Julian Ashton, A. Henry …
… and re-using works with Indigenous cultural content Rights and the Oral History and Folklore Collection Rights and the Pictures Collection Your … and re-using works with Indigenous cultural content Rights and the Oral History and Folklore Collection Rights and the Pictures Collection Your …
… Technical College. She studied drawing at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School. She moved to Brisbane with her husband Fergus Yeates, studied … In 1966 she married Laurie Thomas (1915–1974), the gallery director and art critic, and moved to Sydney. Bronwyn Thomas was the director of the … including a number of works in Chinese. There are also works on Chinese history, language and literature, reprints of early travels, and translations …
… by the Ray Mathew and Eva Kollsman Trust Dr Jo Langdon ‘That / is history. This / is only poetry’*: poetic biographies and explorations of …
… (including illness, disability, stress, abuse and bereavement) Fine arts: art forms: Painting, drawing, graphic arts, sculpture, art installations, performance art, ceramics, glass art, textile art, decorative arts Fine arts: treatments & subjects: art history, artists, exhibitions, collections, art technique and principals, …
… as Maruku Arts – has operated for over 35 years as a not-for-profit art and craft corporation. Owned and operated by the Anangu Aboriginal people … on punu (wood carving), the works in the Maruku collection represent the history of Maruku as well as the artists and the culture and art of punu-making over the last 30 years. The Community Heritage Grant …
… was always known by her middle name. Her maternal grandfather was natural history illustrator John Cotton, whose sketchbooks she inherited and are now … John Longstaff, Ellis Rowan Memorial Portrait, 1926, nla.cat-vn1901331 Art and nature were the driving forces in Rowan’s life. She did not formally study natural history, and it is not known how much art tuition she received. Rowan developed an individual style, and crafted …
… great nations of the earth', 'even', added Julian Ashton, 'in matters of art'. It may be little remembered today, but its iconography lives on in the … critic James Smith, the Atlas was designed to 'strengthen a love of art', while revealing 'what a wealth of beauty was to be found in Australian … The Atlas proved to be a critical success and a watershed moment in the history of Australian art. However, in the wake of a world depression, the …
… way Australians engage with one another and their environments. The oral history project The Library is recording interviews with a diverse range of … health crisis. The project will become part of the Library’s oral history collection. Who we are interviewing Image Capturing the diversity of … will be completed by 30 June 2025. The Library records whole of life oral history interviews. This means we are not just interested in the ways …