Intrepide: Australian Women Artists in Early Twentieth-century France Subject / Fiction Mystic and occult practices date

Mystic and occult practices date back centuries

This book is the first of its kind to address and educate a broad audience about the colonial contextual history of Australia

this also marks 25 years of the Gallery's public engagement with the contemporary art of Japan

An updated edition of a national bestseller

Intrepide: Australian Women Artists in Early Twentieth-century France Subject / Fiction Mystic and occult practices dateIt is hard for us to imagine the oppressed lives of single women in the first half of the twentieth century. Yet a few Australian women took a leap into the unknown and carved careers for themselves in Paris. They studied, painted, and haunted galleries and salons. They had a little fun too, at social gatherings or at cafes in Montparnasse. They were brave, and very determined young ladies. They exhibited in the Paris Salons and in private galleries