Beckett, Clarice Marjoribanks (1887–1935)

By Peers, Juliette

Clarice Beckett was a major Australian artist, and remains an important figure in feminist history. Beckett’s abstracted impressionism, subtle color harmonies, and ordered placement of…

Modernism in Australia and Oceania

By Macarthur, David

(Previously published as 'The Experience of Aboriginality in the Creation of the Radically New' in Ross, S. (ed.) (2014) Modernist World, Abingdon: Routledge.)1

Photography

By Bate, David; Sheehi, Stephen; Ennis, Helen; Chen, Shuxia; Fraser, Karen M.; Kwon, Heangga; Heeren, Alice; Bartholomeu, Cezar; Holá, Mariana; Bate, David; Sheehi, Stephen; Ennis, Helen; Heeren, Alice; Chen, Shuxia; Kwon, Heangga; Bartholomeu, Cezar; Holá, Mariana; Fraser, Karen M.

Heide Circle

By Haese, Richard

The group of avant-garde Australian artists and their supporters, now identified as the Heide Circle, evolved over three decades, from the pioneering modernism of the…

Cossington Smith, Grace (1892–1984)

By Moore, Catriona

Grace Cossington Smith was one of Australia’s foremost female modernist artists. Having developed an enthusiasm for modern theories of color and design at the Dattilo…