Sydney Long (1871–1955) was Australia’s foremost Art Nouveau painter and a major Symbolist. He created haunting images of the Australian landscape with decorative, poetic, musical qualities. He broke new ground by populating the landscape with nymphs and fauns, and the sinuous, graceful forms of trees and birds, seeking to convey the weird mystery of the Australian bush. This publication also features the delightful landscapes and cityscapes painted by Long in Australia and England, distinguished by his sensuous and elegant approach. A selection of his prints attests to Long's place as a leading painter-etcher of the 1920s and 1930s. The Spirit of the Land, the first comprehensive survey of Sydney Long's life and work to be published in more than 30 years, provides new research and a fresh appreciation of one of Australia's great artists.

Sydney Long: The Spirit of the Land

Arts & Photography

GRAY, Anne

Gray, Anna

History & Criticism

National Gallery of Australia

This publication accompanies the exhibition Tom Roberts at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and discusses Tom Roberts's life and work and provides details on individual iconic works by Roberts from around Australia. The essays explore, among other things, Roberts relations with other artists, in particular McCubbin and Streeton who had very different places in his life and art. They look at the seminal influence of Whistler, Manet, and Velasquez on his work – as well as artists such as Bastien Lepage and Courbet. They also look at his preference for pink tones in his early work and pastel blue and green in his later work. The book features Roberts's highly popular national narratives such as Shearing the Rams (1888–90), A Break Away! (1891), The Golden Fleece (1894), and Bailed Up (1895). It also includes eight of Roberts's panel portraits, "Familiar Faces and Figures" from the late 1890s, and shows Roberts's mastery of the art of pastel portraiture with a group of his pastels from this period. A group of twelve works from Roberts's period in London 1903–1923, and a further twelve works produced after his return to Australia. It aims to show that these works are the product not of "a disappointed man" (as often previously argued), but of a new approach and a new aesthetic (emphasizing the point that Roberts continually changed his approach and his direction over his life, from earliest times to late). It notes that on his return to Australia, Roberts painted works of visual poetry, in response to his delight at being back home where, as he described it, "it had the sensation that as a child you thought it would be going to heaven."

Tom Roberts

George W. Lambert Retrospective: Heroes and Icons

George Washington Lambert (1873-1956) was one of Australia's most brilliant, witty, and influental artists, "the Australian Sargent," according to Barry Humphries. This comprehensive book presents the diverse range of Lambert's work from Australian bush subjects to Edwardian portraits and figure groups, from sparkling oil sketches to major battle paintings and large sculpture.Born in St. Petersburg to an American father and British mother, Lambert first came to Australia at age 13 and spent twenty years of his adult career based in London. His flamboyant personality and personal magnetism helped promote his art, though his popularity diminished after his death.

George Washington Lambert (1873-1956) was one of Australia's most brilliant, witty, and influental artists, "the Australian Sargent," according to Barry Humphries. This comprehensive book presents the diverse range of Lambert's work from Australian bush subjects to Edwardian portraits and figure groups, from sparkling oil sketches to major battle paintings and large sculpture. Born in St. Petersburg to an American father and British mother, Lambert first came to Australia at age 13 and spent twenty years of his adult career based in London. His flamboyant personality and personal magnetism helped promote his art, though his popularity diminished after his death.

You are my sunshine: One woman's inspirational battle with illness and disability

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Independently published

Coming Out Of The Dark

Book Hub Publishing

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