Designing women : modernism in Art in Australia and The home

Author

Jordan, Caroline

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art and Australia. 1993, Num. 2, Vol. 31, 200-207, 13 col. ill.

ISSN

0004-301X

Abstract (en)

On the promotion of Thea Proctor and Margaret Preston in these two journals ca.1925-1930, including frequent reproductions of their graphic arts and paintings, in an ironic effort by the conservative art establishment to label modernism a decorative, feminine and therefore marginal practice.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Australia
• Art in Australia (Sydney, 1916-1942)
• Modernism
• 1925-1930
• Home (Sydney, 1920-1940)
• Art criticism
• Australia
• Illustration
• Periodicals
• Proctor, Thea, 1879-1966
• Preston, Margaret Rose, 1883-1963
• Graphic arts
• Painting
• Women
• Artists
• Gender (sex)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Australie
• Art in Australia (Sydney, 1916-1942)
• Modernisme
• 1925-1930
• Home (Sydney, 1920-1940)
• Critique d'art
• Australie
• Illustration
• Revue
• Proctor, Thea, 1879-1966
• Preston, Margaret Rose, 1883-1963
• Arts graphiques
• Peinture
• Femmes
• Artistes
• Sexe (catégorie)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347675

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