John Pigot 'Hilda Rix Nicholas: Her Life and Art' 2000
Title: Hilda Rix Nicholas: Her Life and Art
Author(s): John Pigot
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Imprint: The Miegunyah Press
Date of Publication: 2000
Format: Hardcover (32 colour plates and 48 halftones)
Pages: 95
Condition: Good. Light shelf wear. Light water damage. May have other minor imperfections.
Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884 – 1961) made a significant contribution to Australian art in the inter-war period. Her career is defined by her determined quest for equal rights for women and in her passionate commitment to the Australian landscape at a time when women artists were largely excluded from representation. She held several solo exhibitions in Europe and Australia and in 1926 became an associate of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Despite these accomplishments she has been virtually ignored by art historians and her work has often been marginalised in the writing of Australian art history. Rix Nicholas's work was hailed in Paris before World War I and on her return to Australia critics wrote of the power and strength of her painting. She was not concerned with the ‘feminising’ of modernism emerging in Australia at the time, rather she was Intent on establishing herself as ‘the painter of Australia’. Describing herself as “the man for the job” she turned her attention to representations of the national landscape, a subject traditionally the domain of male artists such as Arthur Streeton and Hans Heysen. Challenging the male dominated framework of Australia's artistic establishment, she refused to adhere to the prescribed role of a woman painter, as colleagues like Margaret Preston had done. The challenging nature of her work and her unwillingness to accept a subordinate position within the artistic hierarchy made it virtually impossible for her to achieve the kind of recognition she deserved during her lifetime.
Title: Hilda Rix Nicholas: Her Life and Art
Author(s): John Pigot
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Imprint: The Miegunyah Press
Date of Publication: 2000
Format: Hardcover (32 colour plates and 48 halftones)
Pages: 95
Condition: Good. Light shelf wear. Light water damage. May have other minor imperfections.
Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884 – 1961) made a significant contribution to Australian art in the inter-war period. Her career is defined by her determined quest for equal rights for women and in her passionate commitment to the Australian landscape at a time when women artists were largely excluded from representation. She held several solo exhibitions in Europe and Australia and in 1926 became an associate of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Despite these accomplishments she has been virtually ignored by art historians and her work has often been marginalised in the writing of Australian art history. Rix Nicholas's work was hailed in Paris before World War I and on her return to Australia critics wrote of the power and strength of her painting. She was not concerned with the ‘feminising’ of modernism emerging in Australia at the time, rather she was Intent on establishing herself as ‘the painter of Australia’. Describing herself as “the man for the job” she turned her attention to representations of the national landscape, a subject traditionally the domain of male artists such as Arthur Streeton and Hans Heysen. Challenging the male dominated framework of Australia's artistic establishment, she refused to adhere to the prescribed role of a woman painter, as colleagues like Margaret Preston had done. The challenging nature of her work and her unwillingness to accept a subordinate position within the artistic hierarchy made it virtually impossible for her to achieve the kind of recognition she deserved during her lifetime.
Title: Hilda Rix Nicholas: Her Life and Art
Author(s): John Pigot
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Imprint: The Miegunyah Press
Date of Publication: 2000
Format: Hardcover (32 colour plates and 48 halftones)
Pages: 95
Condition: Good. Light shelf wear. Light water damage. May have other minor imperfections.
Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884 – 1961) made a significant contribution to Australian art in the inter-war period. Her career is defined by her determined quest for equal rights for women and in her passionate commitment to the Australian landscape at a time when women artists were largely excluded from representation. She held several solo exhibitions in Europe and Australia and in 1926 became an associate of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Despite these accomplishments she has been virtually ignored by art historians and her work has often been marginalised in the writing of Australian art history. Rix Nicholas's work was hailed in Paris before World War I and on her return to Australia critics wrote of the power and strength of her painting. She was not concerned with the ‘feminising’ of modernism emerging in Australia at the time, rather she was Intent on establishing herself as ‘the painter of Australia’. Describing herself as “the man for the job” she turned her attention to representations of the national landscape, a subject traditionally the domain of male artists such as Arthur Streeton and Hans Heysen. Challenging the male dominated framework of Australia's artistic establishment, she refused to adhere to the prescribed role of a woman painter, as colleagues like Margaret Preston had done. The challenging nature of her work and her unwillingness to accept a subordinate position within the artistic hierarchy made it virtually impossible for her to achieve the kind of recognition she deserved during her lifetime.
