Making it Modern
Teacher's Resources
![Abstract depiction of the construction of the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, NSW](https://media.nga.gov.au/p8D8jkdt47R91J8DLhLQFMq9J4M=/1600x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/131114_pm_-_Super_Hi-Res_Unclipped_TIFF_4200px.jpg)
Grace Cossington Smith, The Bridge in building, 1929, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Ellen Waugh 2005
General
![Four panels of screens painted with oils, featuring various trees and flora](https://media.nga.gov.au/M86QFdCmF2I6B53o4g6evWVR2wE=/11x19:1990x1291/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/115741_pm_-_StC_Preview_JPG_2000px.jpg)
Grace Cossington Smith, Four panels for a screen: loquat tree, gum and wattle trees, waterfall, picnic in a gully, 1929, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1976
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Anne Wallace, She is, 2001, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2002 © Anne Wallace
Spowers and Syme
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Ethel Spowers Swings 1932 (detail), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976
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Eveline Syme Banks of the Yarra 1935 (detail), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1984 © The estate of Eveline Syme
![Linocut print of child watching the silhouette of other children playing behind a bamboo screen](https://media.nga.gov.au/K7C6um1Wde3p-tb8WVQzxfrN7Og=/193x260:1532x1650/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/116018_apm_-_StC_Preview_JPG_2000px.jpg)
Ethel Spowers, The bamboo blind, 1926, linocut, printed image 15.4 x 15cm, purchased 1976.
![Print of children wearing green and black playing tug of war](https://media.nga.gov.au/2WAWVyeSo30vg6mcEahFLG_-X_A=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/Ethel_Spowers_Tug_of_War.webp)
Ethel Spowers Tug of war 1933, linocut, 20.2 x 28.4 cm (printed image), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1976
Eveline Syme
![Print of tram line, cars, and roads amongst trees and buildings](https://media.nga.gov.au/qxZBBjAbHnKmpKCT0sroiN2RF2w=/167x166:1374x1817/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/116268_-_StC_Preview_JPG_2000px.jpg)
Eveline Syme, Sydney tram line, 1936, linocut, printed image 24.4 x 18cm, purchased 1979.
Ethel Spowers
![A black and white drawing of a woman and child watching several balloons floating in the air](https://media.nga.gov.au/cxAyEg250YvGeg3QlJzBiKysRsg=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/178088.e8818bf.jpg)
Ethel Spowers, Balloons, c.1920, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Chris Montgomery 1993
Margaret Preston
![Multicoloured print of a large Bird soaring through a series of flowers](https://media.nga.gov.au/Mx9N7NA3wM9YelNUDwAtd2lvPaU=/22x57:1945x1839/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/jap_man.92c4b69.jpg)
Margaret Preston, Bird of Paradise., 1925, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1961 © Margaret Rose Preston Estate/Copyright Agency
Clarice Beckett
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Clarice Beckett, Sandringham Beach, c 1933, oil on canvas, 55.8 x 50.9 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 1971
Olive Cotton
![Photo of a woman's side profile as she looks into a hand mirror](https://media.nga.gov.au/SfbQuYD45IiO_eAevGpJs-Eq4Zk=/75x65:1792x1898/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/72424_apm_-_StC_Preview_JPG_2000px.jpg)
Olive Cotton, Girl with mirror, 1938, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1987
Grace Cossington Smith
![An abstract image of a woman's side profile, she has brown hair and is wearing a decorative garment](https://media.nga.gov.au/emXETEIyBy88fDj2SDHU0b2vMrw=/28x47:1596x1967/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/199782_pm_-_StC_Preview_JPG_2000px.jpg)
Grace Cossington Smith, Study of a head: self-portrait, 1916, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased with funds from the Marie and Vida Breckenridge bequest 2010
![Abstract depiction of the construction of the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, NSW](https://media.nga.gov.au/mDIb3NcCDS2X51qUSuXRGmTUiK8=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/131114_pm_-_Super_Hi-Res_Unclipped_TIFF_4200px.jpg)
Grace Cossington Smith, The Bridge in building, 1929, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Ellen Waugh 2005