Charles Blackman 'Prone Schoolgirl' women artists two sisters rest together

two sisters rest together

and collectors of works by women artists

lithograph on paper

They commemorate a milestone

“Waiting for Beauty… Him or her

Charles Blackman 'Prone Schoolgirl' women artists two sisters rest togetherProne Schoolgirl is perhaps the most recognisable of Charles Blackmans Schoolgirl series. Marking a distinct shift in his practice, these images follow a lone student through desolate suburbia. Present are themes of vulnerability, alienation and the loss of innocence reflective of life in an increasingly urbanised postwar Melbourne. Blackman was also inspired by the murder of thirteen year old Alma Tirtschke in 1921. Conceived in 1953, this deeply