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CECIL.
W. BOSTOCK 1884-1939
Australian Pictorial Photography: A Survey of Art Photography from 1898 to 1938
Curator: Gael Newton
Organising Institution: Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)
Melbourne Tour Venue: Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Gallery,
Melbourne Dates at VCA: 8 August – 31 August 1979
Initial Sydney showing: 12 June – 8 July 1979 at the S. H. Ervin Museum and Art Gallery
A pioneering survey featuring 117 photographs documenting the development of Australian pictorialist and art photography from the late 19th century up to the late 1930s. Accompanying the exhibition, a 24-page catalogue edited and authored by Gael Newton was published by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (1979). It covers the international influence of Pictorialism, including Japanese art aesthetics (Japonisme), on Australian practitioners like Harold Cazneaux, Cecil Bostock and John Kauffmann.
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