Intrepide: Australian Women Artists in Early Twentieth-century France Subject / Fiction Indigenous Writing Fellowship

Indigenous Writing Fellowship

and ultimately his ambitions for his work

unconventional ways of engaging with visual culture

It spans Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s entire work

who included artists as eminent as Paul Klee

Intrepide: Australian Women Artists in Early Twentieth-century France Subject / Fiction Indigenous Writing FellowshipIt is hard for us to imagine the oppressed lives of single women in the first half of the twentieth century. Yet a few Australian women took a leap into the unknown and carved careers for themselves in Paris. They studied, painted, and haunted galleries and salons. They had a little fun too, at social gatherings or at cafes in Montparnasse. They were brave, and very determined young ladies. They exhibited in the Paris Salons and in private galleries