{"product_id":"2026200016812-secondhand-modern-painters-1931-1970","title":"Modern Painters 1931-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the rolling landscapes of the bush to the bold abstractions of the urban avant-garde, Modern Painters 1931-1970 chronicles four decades of transformative artistic achievement in Australia, presenting a sweeping survey of the painters who shaped the nation's visual identity across one of its most turbulent and creatively fertile eras. Part of the prestigious Australian Painting Studio Series, the work profiles the careers, techniques, and philosophies of the key figures who drove Australian art from its post-Depression roots through to the radical experimentation of the late 1960s, capturing a movement in full, restless motion.\n\nAuthored by James Gleeson — one of Australia's foremost art critics and a celebrated Surrealist painter in his own right — this volume carries the authority of an insider who lived through and contributed to the very history he documents. Gleeson's prose is precise yet evocative, illuminating the tensions between tradition and modernism, nationalism and internationalism, that defined this remarkable generation of artists. Under the editorial stewardship of John Henshaw, the text is structured to reward both the casual reader and the serious student of Australian cultural history. A definitive reference for any collector or scholar of the Southern Hemisphere's modern art canon, it leaves one wondering: what forces conspire to make an entire nation reimagine itself through paint?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49313641726171,"sku":"2026200016812-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3e54e571-4f5a-481b-a19f-f5eb7db7909b.png?v=1789524839","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016812-secondhand-modern-painters-1931-1970","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}