Eileen Chanin Eileen Chanin i(A93718 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Ken Inglis, Bill Gammage, Seumas Spark and Jay Winter, Dunera Lives : Profiles Eileen Chanin , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , December vol. 107 no. 2 2021; (p. 249-250)

— Review of Dunera Lives : Profiles Ken Inglis , Bill Gammage , Seumas Spark , Jay Winter , Carol Bunyan , 2020 single work biography
1 1 y separately published work icon Awakening : Four Lives in Art Eileen Chanin , Steven Miller , Mile End : Wakefield Press , 2015 9544809 2015 single work biography

'When Ibsen's controversial play A Doll's House opened to packed audiences at Melbourne's Princes Theatre, the slam of the door as Nora left her husband in the final act echoed in the minds of thousands of young Australian women. This book is about four of these women, born in Victoria between 1867 and 1893, who lived through the changes which swept across life, culture and art during the early twentieth century. Four short biographies trace their parallel lives.

'From Rome, Dora Ohlfsen established a career as a celebrated sculptor. With Mussolini's support, she became the only expatriate sculptor in Italy commissioned with a national war memorial. Significantly, her Anzac medal was the first commemorative work of art memorialising the Anzacs. From Paris, Louise Dyer invigorated music publishing and recording, helping to transform musical culture world-wide. Her label Les Éditions de L’Oiseau-Lyre laid the foundations of the modern early music revival and helped shape the notion of 'authenticity' in musical performance. From London, Clarice Zander promoted cultural understanding as a curator and as the publicist for the Royal Academy. She pioneered the modern marketing of art and curated Australia's first important exhibition of contemporary British art. From New York, Mary Cecil Allen, painter, critic, and educator, working at the centre of modern art, inspired many. She ran the first touring exhibition of contemporary Australian art in the United States.' (Publication summary)

Modern women of the arts, they awoke to their full potential and created opportunities for others to do likewise.

1 Review : The Europeans in Australia Eileen Chanin , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , June vol. 101 no. 1 2015; (p. 95-97)

— Review of The Europeans in Australia : A History Alan Atkinson , 1997 reference non-fiction
1 The Enigma and the Art Eileen Chanin , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 February 2015; (p. 37) The Age , 14 February 2015; (p. 31)

— Review of Bill : The Life of William Dobell Scott Bevan , 2014 single work biography
1 [Untitled] Eileen Chanin , 2013 single work
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , December vol. 99 no. 2 2013; (p. 220-222)

— Review of L. Bernard Hall : The Man the Art World Forgot Gwen Rankin , 2013 single work biography
1 Tales of Talents Lost Eileen Chanin , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 28 April 2012; (p. 29) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 April 2012; (p. 30-31)

— Review of Farewell, Dear People : Biographies of Australia's Lost Generation Ross McMullin , 2012 selected work biography
1 Mitchell Revealed Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 4)
1 12 y separately published work icon Book Life : The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell 1836–1907 Eileen Chanin , North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2011 Z1758504 2011 single work biography

'Australia's greatest book collector, David Scott Mitchell, gave his extraordinary library and a bequest for its development to the people of Sydney and the world.

'This is the first comprehensive account of his life and what, how, and why he collected, told through his books, reading, and contemporary correspondence.

'Mitchell's life and his collecting opens a window on the world of ideas, literature, libraries, and philanthropy in the nineteenth century.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 Signs of Passion from the Library Eileen Chanin , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 February 2011; (p. 35)

— Review of Australian Book Collectors : Some Noted Australian Book Collectors and​ Collections of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2010 reference
1 The Celebrated Barrington Eileen Chanin , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , April vol. 7 no. 1 2010; (p. 18.1-18.2)

— Review of The Celebrated George Barrington : A Spurious Author, the Book Trade, and Botany Bay Nathan Garvey , 2008 single work criticism
This review provides a brief overview of the book's content and the author's focus, which is on the publishing industry of its time and the legends surrounding Barrington.
1 Untitled Eileen Chanin , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , June vol. 96 no. 1 2010; (p. 105-106)

— Review of William Charles Wentworth : Australia's Greatest Native Son Andrew Tink , 2009 single work biography
1 Book Review Eileen Chanin , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: AQ : Australian Quarterly , January-February vol. 79 no. 1 2007; (p. 32-33)

— Review of Will Dyson : Australia's Radical Genius Ross McMullin , 2006 single work biography
1 A Time of Innocence Shown in Its Glory Eileen Chanin , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 March 2006; (p. 15)

— Review of Born of the Sun : Seven Young Australian Lives Gerald Walsh , 2006 selected work biography
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