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'Dr Julie Cotter of Monash University has provided a richly detailed account of the career of Heidelberg School artist Tom Roberts that focuses on his enormous range of portrait studies. Identities portrayed include famous figures in the society and politics of the late 19th century as well as very early significant portraits of Indigenous people.
'Copiously illustrated with hundreds of images covering almost the artist’s entire oeuvre of portrait paintings, with fine photography provided by many of Australia’s leading galleries and collections, this splendidly researched publication will add new insights and information into the scholarship already developed around this important figure in Australian art history. His grand painting of the ceremony proclaiming Australia’s Federation in 1901, in the Queen’s Collection, forms a powerful conclusion to the book.' (Publisher's description)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Fitting Tribute to Another Side of Roberts
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 January 2016; (p. 6)
— Review of Tom Roberts & The Art of Portraiture 2015 single work criticism biography -
Face of a Nation
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 December 2015; (p. 27)
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Fitting Tribute to Another Side of Roberts
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 January 2016; (p. 6)
— Review of Tom Roberts & The Art of Portraiture 2015 single work criticism biography -
Face of a Nation
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 December 2015; (p. 27)
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Non-Fiction