Nora Simpson
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Nora Simpson was an Australia
n modernist
painter.
Based in Sydney
, Simpson is often considered the mother of Australian modernism. While returning from France in 1913, she brought back a series of reproductions of then-current works which proved extremely influential to the movement.http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/painters/
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n modernist
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
painter.
Based in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Simpson is often considered the mother of Australian modernism. While returning from France in 1913, she brought back a series of reproductions of then-current works which proved extremely influential to the movement.http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/painters/