Australasian Artists at the French Salons

Tom Thompson (Compiled by); Elizabeth Butel (Foreword by)

From 1872 to 1939, a significant number of Australian and New Zealand artists were chosen for exhibition at the annual French Salons. The imprimatur of the Salons bestowed prestige, publicity and visibility, and increased an artist's saleability, both at home and abroad. But the character of the Salons ...