A Survey of Western Australian Art from 1696 by Arthur Spartalis

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Inscribed by author. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Tiny tear at the top front cover. Interior and binding are still excellent.

This book addresses the role artists and their works have played in the state's socio-economic development.

Many early colonial artists were immigrants skilled in surveying and lithography, whereas in the 1890s gold rushes, the colony attracted many bona fide artists from the eastern colonies.

The twentieth century saw a professional approach to arts administration and the creation of influential private galleries. (book flap)