The 1930s was a stimulating period in Australian art, defined by the effects of travel and the exchange of ideas, both artistic and political.
Cosmopolitan: Art from the 1930s in the University of Western Australia Art Collection and the Cruthers Collection of Women?s Art explores this vibrant and tumultuous decade in Australian art.
The exhibition comprises works by Australian artists; emigre and refugee artists recently arrived from Europe, such as Elise Blumann and Desiderius Orban; and itinerant travellers such as Ian Fairweather and Danila Vassilieff who spent time in Melbourne in the 1930s. Also included are six American prints gifted to the university in 1949, which can be viewed in concert with Australian prints of the same period.
Additional artists include Lina Bryans, Grace Crowley, Ian Fairweather, James Gleeson, Nora Heysen, Frank Hinder and Ethel Spowers.
Image: Ethel Spowers, Harvest, 1932, linocut, 19.3 x 29.1 cm, The University of Western Australia Art Collection, University Senate Grant, 1982
31 August - 7 December 2019
The 1930s was a stimulating period in Australian art, defined by the effects of travel and the exchange of ideas, both artistic and political. Cosmopolitan brings together artworks from across the UWA Art Collection and the Cruthers Collection of Women?s Art to explore this vibrant and tumultuous decade.
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