Lina Bryans b. 26 September 1909

Also known as Lina Hallenstein
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
A somewhat peripatetic artist whose wanderlust took her to Europe, America and Central Australia, Lina Bryans was noted for her landscapes and her abstract modernism.
Tags: Melbourne modernism
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exhibited at
A l'hombre des jeunes filles et des fleurs: In the shadow of young girls and flowers
Date
10 March 1995 - 28 May 1995
Place
Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla , Vic.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Review
Date
8 March 1995 - 8 June 1995
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 years of Australian Women's Art
Date
8 March 1995 - July 1995
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
In the Company of Women: 100 years of Australian women's art from the Cruthers collection
Date
16 February 1995 - 13 March 1995
Place
PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts), WA
Description

Opened by Dr Liz Constable MLA, Member for Floreat, 15 February 1995

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
The babe is wise: Lina Bryans and her portraits
Date
5 February 1995 - 25 March 1995
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Ian Potter University of Melbourne exhibition archive; State Library of Victoria catalogue; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
The babe is wise: Lina Bryans and her portraits. Parkville, Vic: University of Melbourne, Museum of Art, 1995
ISBN 0732507464

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting, National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Lina Bryans: a retrospective exhibition
Date
1983
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

Organised by the NGV and toured to: Banyule Gallery; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery; Geelong Art Gallery. An exhibition of 50 works by Lina Bryans.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Minchin, Jan, Lina Bryans : a retrospective exhibition. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1982.
ISBN 072410092X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Painting
exhibited at
Retrospective
Date
1982
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Project 21: Women's Images of Women
Date
15 October 1977 - 13 November 1977
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Solo Exhibition
Date
1966
Place
Georges Gallery
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Art of Australia 1788-1941
Date
1941
Place
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Herald Exhibition of Outstanding Pictures
Date
1937
Description
Type
Exhibition

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