{"product_id":"2026200013532-secondhand-rebels-and-precursors-the-revolutionary-years-of-australian-art-signed","title":"Rebels And Precursors: The Revolutionary Years Of Australian Art (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: Second Edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Minor foxing to page edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of Australia's cultural awakening lies a story of radical vision, fierce independence, and artistic revolution — and Rebels and Precursors: The Revolutionary Years of Australian Art places that story front and centre with compelling authority. Richard Haese chronicles the turbulent period of the 1930s and 1940s, when a generation of bold Australian painters — among them Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Albert Tucker, and Joy Hester — broke decisively from conservative traditions to forge a distinctly modern, and distinctly Australian, artistic identity. Set against a backdrop of global conflict, political upheaval, and intense intellectual debate, Haese details how Melbourne became the unlikely crucible of a modernist movement that would permanently reshape the nation's cultural landscape.\n\nHaese writes with scholarly precision yet manages to animate his subjects with vivid, almost novelistic energy, capturing the passionate rivalries, bohemian lives, and ideological battles that defined this era. The work argues persuasively that these artists were not mere imitators of European modernism but genuine innovators who translated existential anxiety and antipodean alienation into a powerful new visual language. Richly researched and deeply contextualised within the broader currents of 20th-century art history, this is an indispensable account that leaves the reader wondering just how much of Australia's cultural soul was forged in those few, electrifying years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210253017307,"sku":"2026200013532-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/43db0f3b-ed9a-4493-b8f1-ae61cca4b934.png?v=1788268088","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013532-secondhand-rebels-and-precursors-the-revolutionary-years-of-australian-art-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}