Autumn Memories: A Mccubbin Family Album
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Autumn Memories: A McCubbin Family Album opens a rare and intimate window into the private world of one of Australia's most celebrated Heidelberg School painters, Frederick McCubbin, through the eyes of his descendants. Compiled by Kathleen Mangan, this richly personal volume chronicles the domestic life, artistic milieu, and enduring legacy of the McCubbin family, weaving together photographs, letters, and personal recollections into a vivid portrait of a bygone era. The book draws on primary family sources to present a side of McCubbin seldom seen in formal art historical accounts — the man behind the canvas, the father, the husband, and the passionate observer of the Australian landscape. Beyond its biographical intimacy, the work stands as a significant contribution to the understanding of Australian cultural history at the turn of the twentieth century, illuminating the social world that shaped McCubbin's iconic imagery of settler life and bush melancholy. Mangan's approach is at once affectionate and scholarly, grounding personal memory within a broader national narrative. For those who have stood before Lost or Down on His Luck and wondered at the soul behind the brushwork, this album offers an answer that is at once unexpected and deeply moving.
Author: Kathleen Mangan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1988, Georgian House
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Autumn Memories: A McCubbin Family Album opens a rare and intimate window into the private world of one of Australia's most celebrated Heidelberg School painters, Frederick McCubbin, through the eyes of his descendants. Compiled by Kathleen Mangan, this richly personal volume chronicles the domestic life, artistic milieu, and enduring legacy of the McCubbin family, weaving together photographs, letters, and personal recollections into a vivid portrait of a bygone era. The book draws on primary family sources to present a side of McCubbin seldom seen in formal art historical accounts — the man behind the canvas, the father, the husband, and the passionate observer of the Australian landscape. Beyond its biographical intimacy, the work stands as a significant contribution to the understanding of Australian cultural history at the turn of the twentieth century, illuminating the social world that shaped McCubbin's iconic imagery of settler life and bush melancholy. Mangan's approach is at once affectionate and scholarly, grounding personal memory within a broader national narrative. For those who have stood before Lost or Down on His Luck and wondered at the soul behind the brushwork, this album offers an answer that is at once unexpected and deeply moving.