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return to main Bostock page   CECIL. W. BOSTOCK 1884-1939   Exhibition details Australian Pictorial Photography 1979:  S. H. Ervin Museum & Art Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney   Australian Pictorial Photography: A Survey of Art Photography from 1898 to 1938 Curator: Gael Newton Organising Institution: Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) in association with the National Trust of Australia (NSW) Sydney Venue: S. H. Ervin Museum & Art Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney Sydney Dates: 12 June – 8 July 1979 This Sydney presentation was the primary, inaugural showing of the exhibition before it traveled to the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Gallery in Melbourne (August 1979) and the Newcastle Region Art Gallery (September 1979).The exhibition featured 117 works highlighting key figures of the Australian Pictorialist movement, including Harold Cazneaux, John Kauffmann, Cecil Bostock, Henri Mallard, Pegg Clarke, and Dr. Julian Smith. The catalogue, authored by Gael Newton, was published by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales to accompany the Sydney launch: 24 pages, softcover, black-and-white illustrations, featuring critical historical essays detailing the impact of international aesthetics (including Japanese art principles) on Australian photographic pictorialism. Return to Bostock main page          or     return to Bostock exhibitions page