An introduction to Australia's first portraits -- Face : Australian portraits 1880-1960 -- The portraits
Summary
Featuring over 50 portraits by some 40 artists, this book takes a fresh look at Australian portraiture from the 1880s late colonial period to the mid-1960s and the move into abstraction. Face considers the international influences upon portrait painting in Australia and the more distinctive turns that Australian portraiture has taken in its own right
Notes
"Published in conjunction with the National Gallery of Australia's traveling exhibiion Face : Australian portraits, 1880-1960"--Page 160
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index