Anne Dangar

Overview

Anne Dangar (1885–1951) occupies a unique position in art history as one of Australia’s most important, yet underacknowledged modern artists.

In a summer double bill, Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar retrospectives will invite visitors to explore the lives and artistic legacies of these important women artists, who were innovators in the Australian art world.

Dangar is one of very few Australian artists to form part of the European avant-garde in the twentieth century, and the only to meaningfully contribute to Cubism in France, her adopted home. She was also a dedicated advocate and promoter of modern art in Australia, the first to teach and arguably to exhibit cubist art in the country, and she directly influenced the development of abstraction in Sydney from the 1930s onwards.

Bringing together ceramics, paintings, works on paper and archival material, this exhibition will explore Dangar’s life and practice, as well as her important position in French modern art as one of most dedicated and truly modern Australian artists of the twentieth century.

Anne Dangar is a Know My Name project, the National Gallery initiative celebrating the work of all women artists to enhance understanding of their contribution to Australia’s cultural life.

The National Gallery gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation.