Margaret Preston - The Art of Constant Rearrangement

Margaret Preston, Australia's best-loved woman painter, was a 'red-headed little firebrand.'
In argument, she was obstinate: 'Everything sparkled and shook when she was around.'
In practice, experimental: still-life was the 'laboratory table on which aesthetic problems can be isolated.'
In theory, direct and uncompromising: 'Be Aboriginal.'

Elizabeth Butel traces Preston's struggle for artistic and financial independence, as well as her travels throughout the world and Aboriginal Australia in search of inspiration for her art. Her conclusions - that Margaret Preston's vision is as fresh today as it was sixty years ago.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Butel
• Publisher: ETT Imprint
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781875892020
• ISBN: 978-1-875892-02-0
• No. of pages: 110
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 216 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 334 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous