Picturesque pursuits : colonial women artists & the amateur tradition /
Jordan, Caroline,1962-
Melbourne : Melbourne University Press,
2005.
As amateurs, these women worked in sketchbooks rather than on canvas; in pencil and watercolour rather than in oils, and in miniature rather than full scale. They employed the genres deemed suitable for their gender: miniature portraits, flower paintings and picturesque landscapes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.
As amateurs, these women worked in sketchbooks rather than on canvas; in pencil and watercolour rather than in oils, and in miniature rather than full scale. They employed the genres deemed suitable for their gender: miniature portraits, flower paintings and picturesque landscapes.
Art, Australian
Art, Colonial
Women artists
Picturesque pursuits.