The femme fatale (fatal woman) was a widely represented archetype at the turn of the century – an embodiment of excitement and anxiety surrounding changing ideas about gender and sexuality.

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Australian Impressionism 9 by 5 frames Recreating a frame Lillie Williamson’s frames A conservator’s insight Australian Impressionism exhibition tour A curator's perspective The Female Australian Impressionists Pivotal painters Charles Conder’s Hot Wind and the femme fatale A curator’s perspective Victorian Artists Society on painting en plein air Continuing the Impressionists' legacy Mary Tonkin on painting en plein air Continuing the Impressionists' legacy Adam Pyett on landscape painting Continuing the Impressionists' legacy

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