How pioneering Australian linocut artists Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme captured an exciting era of change
- Written by: Dr Julie Shiels, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
Ethel Spowers, School is out, 1936, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1976
Review: Spowers & Syme, Geelong Gallery.
In their pioneering coloured linocut prints, Ethel Spowers (1890-1947) and Eveline Syme (1888-1961) captured the flux and excitement of an era of rapid change.
Their modernist interpretations of Australia...
