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Product Description This Concise Dictionary of Australian Artists fills the need for an authoritative reference book, conveniently portable and within the means of students and all others interested in art. Intended to be representative rather than comprehensive, the text covers a wide range of styles, media, regions, ethnic origins and artistic tendencies over more than two centuries. Entries are thoroughly reliable in accord with up-to-date scholarship, rejecting entrenched fallacies and untested assumptions. Much of the material has never before been published. Review “I confidently predict that there will be many more editions, because this book will be so useful for student, dealers and collectors.” —The Canberra Times About the Author Gwenda Robb and Elaine Smith, M.A., graduates in Australian art from Monash University, have devoted years of research and field work to this unique and dependable reference work. Robert Smith, previously assistant director of the Queensland Art Gallery, established art studies at Flinders University, founding its art museum and Historical Media workshop. He has edited several journals, contributed to several international art reference works and publishes extensively on cultural history.