Victorian Artists: Margaret Baskerville (1861-1930) And C. Douglas Richardson (1853-1932) (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Inscribed by the author in blue ink on title page (May 1990). Binding condition: Good.
At the intersection of colonial ambition and artistic achievement, Victorian Artists: Margaret Baskerville (1861-1930) and C. Douglas Richardson (1853-1932) chronicles the lives and legacies of two pioneering figures who helped shape the visual arts landscape of Victoria, Australia. Margaret A. Rose presents a dual biography that traces Baskerville's distinguished career as a sculptor and painter, and Richardson's celebrated work as a portrait painter, both navigating the demanding art scenes of Melbourne and London during a transformative era. Rose's meticulous scholarship illuminates the social and cultural forces that defined Victorian-era artistic practice in Australia, drawing on exhibition records, archival sources, and the institutional history of bodies such as the Yarra Sculptors Society and the Victorian Artists Society. The work argues that these two artists, though often overlooked in mainstream art historical narratives, were central to the professionalisation of the arts in colonial and post-Federation Victoria — leaving the reader to wonder just how many other voices remain waiting to be recovered from the margins of Australian art history.
Author: Margaret A. Rose
Format: Paperback
Published: 1988, Melbourne, Published by the Author
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Inscribed by the author in blue ink on title page (May 1990). Binding condition: Good.
At the intersection of colonial ambition and artistic achievement, Victorian Artists: Margaret Baskerville (1861-1930) and C. Douglas Richardson (1853-1932) chronicles the lives and legacies of two pioneering figures who helped shape the visual arts landscape of Victoria, Australia. Margaret A. Rose presents a dual biography that traces Baskerville's distinguished career as a sculptor and painter, and Richardson's celebrated work as a portrait painter, both navigating the demanding art scenes of Melbourne and London during a transformative era. Rose's meticulous scholarship illuminates the social and cultural forces that defined Victorian-era artistic practice in Australia, drawing on exhibition records, archival sources, and the institutional history of bodies such as the Yarra Sculptors Society and the Victorian Artists Society. The work argues that these two artists, though often overlooked in mainstream art historical narratives, were central to the professionalisation of the arts in colonial and post-Federation Victoria — leaving the reader to wonder just how many other voices remain waiting to be recovered from the margins of Australian art history.