'The Lacquer room' by Grace Cossington Smith

Australia, 1979

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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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Credits

producer

Malcolm Otton

director

David Muir

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1979

Appears in

The Australian eye II

Group of items

The Australian eye II

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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 → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

People → Smith, Grace Cossington, 1892-1984

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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)

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