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Jessie Traill : a biography / Jo Oliver.

Jessie Traill : a biography / Jo Oliver.
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ISBN 9781925984101
Author Oliver, Jo (author.)
Title Jessie Traill : a biography / Jo Oliver.
Publisher and/or associated date/s North Melbourne, Vic : Arden, 2020.
©2020.
Description xvii, 388 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, plates ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-374) and index.
Contents Preface -- 1: The Beach -- 2: Voyages -- 3: Sisters -- 4: Art School -- 5: London -- 6: Trees -- 7: Gifford House -- 8:War - 9: Leave, Paris & Relatives -- 10: Armistice -- 11: Nature & Progress 12: Travels -- 13: A Memory of War -- 14: Villages & Chateaux -- 15: The Centre -- 16: The Bridge -- 17: Friendships & Family -- 18: Northumberland -- 19: Pilgrimages -- 20: A Studio in the Trees.
Summary This biography explores the remarkable life of Jessie Traill - artist, traveller, humanitarian and independent spirit. From the ten-year-old who first met Tom Roberts painting on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, to a student of Frederick McCubbin and etchers John Mather and Frank Brangwyn, Jessie developed her professional skills. She interrupted her career to work as a voluntary nurse in France during World War I, later raising funds for and revisiting war-torn Europe. She also became one of Australia's most outstanding etchers, working in a field uncommon for women of her time. Through diary extracts, descriptions of her world travels and personal letters we hear her voice and see through her eyes, beauty, humour and the joys of simple living.
Subjects Traill, Jessie, -- 1881-1967
Etching, Australian
Artists, Australian -- Biography
Women artists -- Australia -- Biography
Etching -- 20th century
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