Sp47E Australian Art: Some Topics (Zoom Only - Chico)

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5/30/2024-6/27/2024

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This abbreviated look at the Australian continent’s artistic history will consider its creative efforts since its colonization by the British in 1788. Topics include expeditionary artists, Australian Impressionism, women artists 1880-1960, Australian and Californian aesthetic connections, and what Robert Hughes called “the last great art movement of the 20th century”: Aboriginal art. It isn’t all beaches, didgeridoos, and shrimp on the barbie!

  • Erika Esau was born and raised in California, but lived and worked in Australia and Europe as well. She received a PhD in art history from Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. She taught modern art history at Lawrence University in Wisconsin and at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. She also worked at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as a librarian in the Rifkind Collection of German Expressionist Studies. She is the author of books and articles on Californian, Australian, and German art.