Art in Australia, No. 2, 1917
Various
Read by Phil Benson
In 1916, three prominent identities in the Sydney art world - Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram Stevens and Charles Lloyd Jones - got together to publish Australia's first art magazine. Their aim was to make the work of Australian artists known to the Australian public, and, through high quality reproductions, to give an idea of its quality to those who were unable to see the originals. All of the 102 issues of Art in Australia, published between 1916 and 1942 have now been made available, complete with illustrations, on the National Library of Australia's Trove web site. The second issue of the magazine consisted mainly of short biographical sketches of contemporary Australian artists, including Charles Conder, Arthur Streeton and Hans Heysen, illustrated by examples of their work. - Summary by Phil Benson (1 hr 7 min)
Chapters
Foreword by the Editors | 3:11 | Read by Phil Benson |
Some Recollections of Charles Conder by Julian Ashton | 8:10 | Read by Phil Benson |
W. Hardy Wilson by John Lane Mullins | 3:48 | Read by Phil Benson |
Arthur Streeton's Place in Australian Art by Lionel Lindsay | 9:41 | Read by Phil Benson |
David Low by Bertram Stevens | 3:07 | Read by Phil Benson |
Hans Heysen by Ronald Finlayson | 5:15 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Baldwin Spencer Collection by Bertram Stevens | 5:19 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Creator and the Parasite by Norman Lindsay | 10:00 | Read by Phil Benson |
Early Etchers in Australia by Bertram Stevens | 5:26 | Read by Phil Benson |
John Longstaff by Bertram Stevens | 5:21 | Read by Phil Benson |
B. E. Minns by Bertram Stevens | 5:48 | Read by Phil Benson |
Lloyd Rees by Sydney Ure Smith | 2:38 | Read by Phil Benson |