Bauhaus on the Swan. Elise Blumann, an emigre artist in Western Australia 1938-1948
by Quin, Sally
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- Paperback
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Crawley (WA): UWA Publishing. 2015. 1st ed., quarto, pp.viii, 150, incl Index, colour & sepia illus., orig wraps French flaps. Near fine condition German artist Elise Blumann (1897-1990) arrived in Western Australia in 1938, having fled Nazi Germany in 1934. With her husband and two sons she set up home on the banks of the Swan River, and began to paint. Over the next ten years she produced a series of portraits set against the river and the Indian Ocean, and pursued an analysis of plant forms - the zamia palm, xanthorrhoea, banksia and the majestic melaleuca - to brilliant effect. 1st Edition. Stiff Wraps.
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- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102310
- Title
- Bauhaus on the Swan. Elise Blumann, an emigre artist in Western Australia 1938-1948
- Author
- Quin, Sally
- Format/Binding
- Stiff Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- UWA Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Crawley (WA)
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- Art, Artist, Australia, Germany, Swan River, Western Australia
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MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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