Cities within Cities: Australian and New Zealand Art in the Twentieth Century

Abstract

This paper argues for a new conception of both Australian and New Zealand art history based on their long-standing historical connection. The national histories of the art of both countries that dominated the 20th century are revealed as themselves historical, preceded and followed by non-national histories that are in effect part of a wider history of world art. The paper makes its case by looking at a number of artists whose careers cross between the two countries and at the expatriates from both countries who worked together in Europe.

Keywords

• Australian art
• New Zealand art
• UnAustralian art
• nationalism in art
• Augustus Earle
• Gordon Walters