Modernism & Feminism Australian Women Artists 1900-1940 Helen Topliss 1996
First edition of this important study of Australian women artists and their role in the development of Modernism between 1900 and 1940.
Written by Australian art historian Helen Topliss and published by Craftsman House in 1996, the book examines the artistic, institutional, social and feminist contexts in which Australian women artists worked during the early twentieth century.
Topliss challenges the traditional male-centred interpretation of Australian modernism and explores the networks, education, overseas experience and professional opportunities that helped women artists become central figures in Australian inter-war art.
Subjects and artists discussed include:
- Margaret Preston
- Grace Crowley
- Dorrit Black
- Ethel Spowers
- Eveline Syme
- Gladys Reynell
- Anne Dangar
- The Grosvenor School
- Australian women printmakers
- Arts and Crafts
- Modernist art theory
- European artistic influences
- Women's emancipation and professional practice
The contents include substantial chapters on Australian Women Artists and Modernism, the institutional and social context of Australian art, women's emancipation, European artistic experience, the Arts and Crafts movement, Margaret Preston, and modernist printmaking.