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“Dear Kate” – Celebrating an artistic legacy from the 1800s

Today we read about an exhibition in Tasmania, Australia which is actually two exhibitions in one - lithographs which celebrate a beautifully preserved scrapbook of tiny paintings and sketches depicting life in the mid-1800s.

Photography

Sally McInerney – Not just her mother’s daughter

Today we look at some of the contemporary photographic work of Sally McInerney, the daughter of Olive Cotton, a pioneering photographer of the mid-late 20th century.

Sculpture

Barbara Hepworth – A sculptor melding art and life

Today we learn about one of the most influential British sculptors of the 20th century who developed an international reputation in modern art - deeply spiritual, and passionately engaged with the environment and change.

Women Artists

Olive Cotton – Photographer and pioneer

Today we learn about Olive Cotton, who was a pioneer in Australian photography for over 70 years.

Women Artists

Spowers and Syme: Pioneers in modern art technique

Today we look at two other pioneering artists in the Know My Name series: Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme who introduced a whole new medium to the world of modern art in Australia – lino cuts.

Women Artists

Women artists in the early 1900s in Mosman, Sydney, Australia

Mosman, a coastal suburb in Sydney Australia, has attracted artists for over 100 years, including a number of lady artists in the early 20th century. Today we discuss that environment and whether, as contemporary artists, they were friends and colleagues......

Women Artists

Ethel Carrick Fox – An Australian pioneer

Today we are going to learn a little bit about Ethel Carrick Fox, a pioneer of art for women in the post-impressionism era.

Women Artists

Grace Cossington Smith – A pioneer in Modern art

Today we are going to look at another Australian female artist named Grace Cossington Smith who is thought to be the artist who introduced Post-Impressionism to Australia, and was an important pioneer of modern art in that country.

Women Artists

Margaret Preston – an Australian identity

Today we learn about Margaret Preston, who is one of the most influential and well known Australian women artists, with an identity that lives on today from the early 20th century.

Australian Artist

Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright – Part Two

Form the Australian War Memorial website, we learn about the personal tragedies suffered by Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright during World War One, and how these are reflected in her art after that time.

Australian Artist

Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright - Part One

Today we gain an overview of the prolific art and life of Hilda Rix Nicholas Wright (1884-1961). She is also one of the artists featured in the Know My Name initiative profiling Australian women artists.

Women Artists

“Know My Name” – Australian Women Artists

Following on from the previous work by the National Gallery of Australia to promote women artists, we learn that the earlier exhibition is going to be shown again in Mornington, Victoria.

Women Artists

Meg Maguire - An Artist with Passion

Meg Maguire is a figurative artist living and working in North Canterbury, NZ. Creating works informed by curiosity, Meg's output is equally intimate and candid.

Women Artists

Jaffa and Israeli artist Ilana Goor

Located just 2 kms away from the young city of Tel Aviv in Israel, is the ancient port city of Jaffa and the art gallery of Ilana Goor, a world-renowned artist born in Tiberius with no formal studies and developed her own artistic techniques from an early age.

Australian Artist

Sue Norman – Contemporary, versatile and fascinating!

Today we take a look at the restful, yet versatile art of Adelaide artist, Sue Norman. Image: Sue Norman, Facebook

Landscapes

Clarice Beckett - "Atmosphere"

Today we look at the artistic style of tonal artist Clarice Beckett, who loved to capture the effects of light and shade in the changing patterns of weather and atmosphere created by Mother Nature. Image: Public Domain via Wikipedia.

Cubism

Australian Cubism: Anne Dangar

Today we feature the last of our Australian Cubists, Anne Dangar. Like her friends, Grace Crowley and Dorrit Black, she also studied in France, but she was renowned for incorporating these principles into her pottery. Image: 365 Women Artists

Cubism

Australian Cubism - Grace Crowley

Grace Crowley (1890 – 1979), like Dorrit Black, was a key Australian modernist, who had a remarkable art journey over her long life. Image: National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).

Cubism

Cubism in Australia: Dorrit Black

In 1931 Dorrit Black established the Modern Art Centre, Sydney - the first gallery in Australia to focus on modernism. Dorrit had an ardent desire to establish an environment for artists so that they could experiment & move forward in the development of new styles.

Portraits

Belinda Wiltshire - Portraiture and Ceramics

Today we meet a young Melbourne based artist whose diversity in working across both paintings and ceramics is astounding. Image: Belinda Wiltshire, Facebook.

Arts and Craft Movement

Jane Morris: More than a Pre-Raphaelite Star

Jane Morris (née Jane Burden, 1839-1914) an English artists' model who embodied the Pre-Raphaelite ideal of beauty. She was a model, muse & wife to William Morris and a brilliant embroiderer in her own right. Image: Kelmscott Manor YouTube.

Women Artists

Not just her father’s daughter – Nora Heysen

Today we meet Nora Heysen, famous in her own right for her achievements in art, despite being the daughter of famous artist Hans Heysen.

Thread and Needle

A giant celestial map from a retro knitting machine!

Today we meet an artist who has used her technical ability as a computer engineer to re-programme an old knitting machine to produce an amazing work of art!. Image: Heart of Pluto

Watercolour

Turning adversity into a positive results!

Here at the AnArt4Life blog we applaud initiative and inspiration! Today we see how Australian watercolour artist Denise Faulkner turned a setback into opportunity.... Image: Denise Faulkner ©

Women Artists

Gloria Keh: Part Two - the Artistic Process

Yesterday we began to look more closely at the paintings being created by Singapore artist Gloria Keh. Today we begin to learn more about Gloria's creative process and the thoughts behind her vibrant works which dance out to meet you and take you in and on a journey with her passion and ideals.

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