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Author Timms, Peter, 1948-

Title Australian studio pottery and china painting / Peter Timms
Published Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986

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Description 192 pages, 11 unnumbered page of color plates : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Contents Includes index
Summary "Beginning with the rise of technical education in the late nineteenth century, and the establishment in each State of arts and crafts guilds and societies, Peter Timms traces the development of pottery and china painting as a means of individual artistic expression... The book contains a comprehensive collection of biographies, making it a useful and authoritative text for scholars, craftsmen and collectors." -- Inside dust jacket
Analysis China painting - Australia - History
Pottery, Australian - History
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 185-186
Includes index
Subject Arts and crafts movement -- Australia.
China painting -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
China painting -- Australia -- History.
China painting -- Australia.
Potters -- Australia -- Biography.
Pottery, Australian -- History.
Pottery, Australian -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
Pottery, Australian.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 87212263
ISBN 0195546598 (hbk.)
Other Titles Australian studio pottery and china painting