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"Tug of War," Ethel Spowers, 1933.
Australian Spowers (1890-1942) combines two of her loves in this work: she loved depicting children at play, and she loved experimenting with modern art.
An acclaimed illustrator of children's books, Spowers here depicts a game of tug-of-war, but also turns the two teams into a pattern of near-identical figures.
She started off illustrating fairy tales, but in the 30s moved to linocuts featuring simplified forms, skillfully depicting movement, and painting children in modernist ways, like she does here. Her work was popular not only for its artistic quality but its sheer charm.
She co-founded the Contemporary Art Society of Australia, encouraging modernist works and young artists. She died young, of cancer, but today her work fetches steep prices at auction.
From the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
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