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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Citations

  • Burke, Janine (1980), 'Australian Women Artists 1840-1940’, Collingwood (Vic.).

  • Forwood, Gillian (2000), 'Death of Lina Bryans: 1909-2000’, 11, Art Monthly.

  • Germaine, Max (1991), 'A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia’, Roseville East (NSW).

  • McCulloch, Alan & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards (NSW).

  • Minchin, Jan (1982), 'Lina’, National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne.

  • Peers, Juliet (1993), 'More Than Just Gumtrees’, Melbourne.

  • Forwood, Gillian (2001), 'Lina Bryans 1909-2000’, Art in Australia vol. 38, no.4.

See also

  • 'PORTRAIT: William Frater, The Red Hat (Lina Bryans) 1937, oil on canvas (NGV, Felton Bequest).'.
  • 'ADD section 2, plate 86.'.
  • Adams, Jude; Barber, Jennifer; Hall, Barbara (15 October 1977), 'Project 21: Women's Images of Women'.
  • Bronwyn Watson, career summary, drawn from "Cezanne to Giacometti" NGA, 2025. The Australian, Review, 26-27 July 2025, p.18

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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