| ISBN |
0195539958 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Sayers, Andrew, 1957-2015 |
| Title |
Aboriginal artists of the nineteenth century / Andrew Sayers ; with a forward by Lin Onus and a chapter by Carol Cooper. |
| Edition |
Paperback ed. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Melbourne : Oxford University Press in association with the National Gallery of Australia, 1994. |
| Description |
xiv, 162 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), 1 map, ports. ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: p. 151-156. |
| Contents |
1. Barak and the affirmation of tradition -- 2. Tommy McRae, Aboriginal artist -- 3. Drawing contemporary life -- 4. 'A taste for drawing' -- 5. 'The Dawn of Art' -- 6. Traditional visual culture in south-east Australia / Carol Cooper. |
| Summary |
Andrew Sayers examines a considerable body of drawings produced by Aboriginal artists between 1803 and 1903. Never before collected as a genre, these works are retained in museums, libraries, or private hands and have rarely been displayed. Often regarded as inauthentic art because of their stylistic borrowings and fluctuations, they enjoy a unique status as products of the interaction between Aboriginal society and the British colonizers. The largest group of drawings comes from the hands of three artists--Tommy McCrae (c1823-1901), William Barak (c1824-1903), and Ulladulla Mickey (c1820-1891), who produced their drawings in the 1880s and 1890s. Visually these drawings are varied, but they possess many of the aesthetic qualities which characterize contemporary Aboriginal art, displaying intense vitality and an acute understanding of flora and fauna.--publisher. |
| Terms of use |
Culturally sensitive |
| Subjects |
McRae, Tommy, -- approximately 1836-1901 |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Art -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Australian -- 19th century |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- 19th century |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- 20th century |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Cooper, Carol |
| Onus, Lin, 1948-1996 |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
National Gallery of Australia |
| Call number |
EDWARDS 709.034089915 SAY |
