The Art of the Collection: State Library of Victoria Picture Collection - Hardcover

Crawford, Ashley; Davison, Graeme; Niall, Brenda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0522853595 ISBN 13: 9780522853599

Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

The Art of the Collection is a celebration of the State Library of Victoria's Picture Collection - the oldest visual documentary collection in Australia. Acting on its mandate to collect and preserve Victoria's documentary heritage, the Library acquires paintings, maps, diaries and documents that showcase all facets of Victorian life, past and present. The Library has an extensive collection of art works and a permanent display of 150 works in the Cowen Gallery. The works illustrate Victoria's landscape, early Melbourne scenes, and significant events and figures in the European exploration and settlement of Australia. The works range from early eighteenth and nineteenth century portraits, busts to contemporary portraits and scenes of Melbourne and Victoria from the 1800s until now. Works of some of our most celebrated and talented Australian artists are in the collection and showcased in this book: Eugene von Guerard, John Glover, Frederick McCubbin, Albert Tucker, Ian Fairweather, Lina Bryans, Jan Senbergs, Juan Davila and Howard Arkley to name but a few.

About this title

About the Author

One of Australia's best known writers, Brenda Niall is the author of four award-winning biographies. She has an AO (Order of Australia) for services to Australian literature Graeme Davison has taught at the University of Melbourne, Harvard University, where he was Visiting professor of Australian Studies, and at Monash University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0522853595
• ISBN 13: 9780522853599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240