The Art of Australia

A comprehensive account of Australian art between the founding of the colony in 1788 & 1966. It traces the twin threads of the desire for independence in Australian vision & the obsessive influence of European & American models. 134 black & white reproductions, 8 color plates.
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
The colony 1788-1885
The Heidelberg School 1885-1896
Landscape with various figures
The expatriates 1890-1930
Post-impressionism 1913-1938
The Angry Decada 1937-1947
The Stylists 1939-1950
Figures and images 1950-1962
Myths and personae 1947-1962
Abstract painting 1938-1966
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index