{"product_id":"2026100008963-secondhand-the-babe-is-wise-lina-bryans-and-her-portraits","title":"The Babe Is Wise: Lina Bryans And Her Portraits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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.\n\nBryans 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336806179035,"sku":"2026100008963-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/00199c0c-e342-4eaf-9692-b26c628d9233.png?v=1789958138","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008963-secondhand-the-babe-is-wise-lina-bryans-and-her-portraits","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}