Contemporary Australian Painters; An Exhibition Organised By The National Galleries Of Australia For Circulation In Canada 1957-1958 Thomas, Laurence Art

Softcover : 16pp. text printed on Paragon Offset Yellow and 12 pp. illustrations printed on Multi-fold Enamel Extra White : black and white covers. The verso of the card covers lightly foxed; edges rubbed. "The paintings in the collection have been chosen by the National Galleries of Australia to indicate what is being done here at this time by artists in search of a visual equivalent of experience. These vary from the satirical and ebullient portraits of Dobell and the poetic landscapes of Nolan to the abstract and expressionist paintings of younger men like John Olsen." [p.7]. This exhibition profiled many names well known today - from Blackman to Boyd, Drysdale to Friend to Brack. Two women artists were featured: modernist Jean Bellette and abstract artist Margo Lewers.