The Babe Is Wise: Lina Bryans And Her Portraits
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Few Australian artists of the twentieth century captured the inner life of their subjects with the quiet intensity of Lina Bryans, and The Babe Is Wise: Lina Bryans and Her Portraits stands as a compelling testament to her singular vision. This exhibition catalogue, curated by Gillian Forwood for the University of Melbourne Museum of Art's Ian Potter Gallery, presents a carefully assembled survey of Bryans' portraiture — intimate, psychologically acute works that reveal a painter deeply attuned to the humanity of those who sat before her. Bryans occupies a distinctive place in the history of Australian modernism, a figure whose work resisted easy categorisation yet consistently demonstrated a mastery of tone, composition, and emotional truth. This catalogue chronicles her artistic legacy with scholarly precision, situating her portraits within the broader cultural landscape of mid-century Melbourne, and illuminating the networks of artists, writers, and intellectuals who shaped her world. For anyone drawn to the quieter revolutions of Australian art history, this volume asks a question that lingers long after the final page: how did a painter of such evident power remain so long in the shadows?
Author: Lina Bryans
Format: Paperback
Published: 1995, The University of Melbourne Museum of Art (Ian Potter Gallery)
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few Australian artists of the twentieth century captured the inner life of their subjects with the quiet intensity of Lina Bryans, and The Babe Is Wise: Lina Bryans and Her Portraits stands as a compelling testament to her singular vision. This exhibition catalogue, curated by Gillian Forwood for the University of Melbourne Museum of Art's Ian Potter Gallery, presents a carefully assembled survey of Bryans' portraiture — intimate, psychologically acute works that reveal a painter deeply attuned to the humanity of those who sat before her. Bryans occupies a distinctive place in the history of Australian modernism, a figure whose work resisted easy categorisation yet consistently demonstrated a mastery of tone, composition, and emotional truth. This catalogue chronicles her artistic legacy with scholarly precision, situating her portraits within the broader cultural landscape of mid-century Melbourne, and illuminating the networks of artists, writers, and intellectuals who shaped her world. For anyone drawn to the quieter revolutions of Australian art history, this volume asks a question that lingers long after the final page: how did a painter of such evident power remain so long in the shadows?