Lot 28

Albury Art Society 20th Annual Art Exhibition, St Matthew's, Albury, 19-25 September 1966, cat. no. 61

Enrolled in the RMIT Art School at the young age of fourteen, Anne Graham became the youngest student, male or female, to ever be enrolled in the school and from a young age. Anne made one of her most original contributions to art in the form of the 'cut-in' format for her paintings, in which the shape of the canvas was changed by removing or cutting certain sections.
Unfortunately, Anne's artistic vision was at many times stifled by the Victorian attitude, mostly male, as critics and reporters could not come to terms with Anne's work. Graham recalls the husband of a fellow artist saying, 'Go to the kitchen where you belong! Women can never paint as well as men.'
This is a statement Anne is increasingly defying throughout her ongoing career, having held over 75 one-woman shows and counting, still painting and exhibiting into her nineties.