Episode number 7 of Series “The Australian eye II”.
Painted in mid-career, “The Lacquer room” shows Grace Cossington Smith’s mature, Cezanne-influenced style and demonstrates her instinctive ability to bring forms up to a frontal plane in Post-Impressionist rejection of traditional perspective.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
005948
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 20th century - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting - Technique
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Post-impressionism (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Smith, Grace Cossington, 1892-1984
Crafts & Visual Arts → Women painters
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)