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Read • Church interiors
Three works by three Australian artists born within three years of each other, all with different life experiences, immerse us in the solemn atmosphere of … -
Read • An essence of stillness
Embracing new visual vocabularies to better express their distinct viewpoints, many notable Australian artists broke from tradition in the 1920s and 1930s and turned to … -
Read • Grace Cossington Smith’s modern world
Deep water, Bobbin Head c.1942 (Illustrated) on display in the Queensland Art Gallery’s Australian Art Collection, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Galleries (10 … -
Read • Finding joy in small things
Grace Cossington Smith’s artworks are a reminder that joy is all around us. In her hands, an array of objects, the fold of a … -
Read • Church interior: An uplifting vision of everyday life
Church interior c.1941-42 (illustrated) is one of Grace Cossington Smith’s most significant achievements, incorporating her major stylistic approaches and interests. It is … -
Read • Inventive colour: The art of Grace Cossington Smith
Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984) was one of the most inventive colour painters to emerge from Australia’s first wave of modernism in the early … -
Read • O’Keeffe, Preston, & Cossington Smith
Celebrating the work of three pioneering artists who made distinguished contributions to the development of international modernism. All born in the late nineteenth century, American … -
Read • Making Modernism
Even though they did not discuss their work with each other, North American artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) and Australians Margaret Preston (1875–1963 …