| Description |
x, 268 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 34 cm |
| Contents |
1. Origins -- 2. Training and Breaking Free 1950-1956 -- 3. The Pacific Loan Exhibition and Direction One -- 4. Early Travels Abroad 1957-1960 -- 5. Resolution in 'The Siren City of the Rat Race' 1960-1965 -- 6. London and Portugal 1965-1967 -- 7. Close Encounters with the Landscape - 'Dunmoochin' 1969-1971 -- 8. 'Salute to Five Bells' - The Sydney Opera House Mural -- 9. Discovering Wild Australia -- 10. Lake Eyre - The Edge of the Void -- 11. The Clarendon Years -- 12. Portraits of Other Artists -- 13. The Circus Animals' Desertion -- 14. Rydal: The Continuing Circle |
| Summary |
"John Olsen is recognised nationally and internationally as one of Australia's most significant and accomplished artists. In this major publication on Olsen's art and life, Deborah Hart comprehensively surveys his development from his early work to the present, revealing this artist's extraordinary versatility and breadth of creative vision."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"First edition published 1991"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index |
| Subject |
Olsen, John, 1928-
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Artists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Olsen, John, 1928-
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| ISBN |
1877004251 |
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9057037610 |
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