The Diaries Of Donald Friend: Volume 1
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few artistic voices in twentieth-century Australia were as vivid, irreverent, and richly observed as that of Donald Friend — and The Diaries of Donald Friend: Volume 1, edited by Anne Gray, presents the first instalment of this remarkable personal record in all its unfiltered brilliance. Spanning the early years of one of Australia's most celebrated and controversial painters, this volume chronicles Friend's life with the candour and wit of a man who moved effortlessly between bohemian Sydney, wartime New Guinea, and the glittering art scenes of Europe and Asia, capturing each world with the same sharp eye he brought to his canvases. Edited with scholarly precision by Anne Gray, this National Library of Australia publication draws on Friend's original manuscripts to present an intimate self-portrait of an artist whose diaries are as much works of art as his paintings — illustrated with his own sketches and infused with a prose style that is at once erudite, humorous, and disarmingly honest. Friend's writing illuminates the broader cultural landscape of mid-century Australian art, situating his personal story within a wider narrative of national identity, artistic ambition, and restless creative freedom. For anyone captivated by the intersection of art, memoir, and the Australian cultural story, this volume raises as many questions as it answers — leaving the reader hungry to discover what the next volume will reveal.
Author: Donald Friend
Format: Hardback
Published: 2003, National Library of Australia
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few artistic voices in twentieth-century Australia were as vivid, irreverent, and richly observed as that of Donald Friend — and The Diaries of Donald Friend: Volume 1, edited by Anne Gray, presents the first instalment of this remarkable personal record in all its unfiltered brilliance. Spanning the early years of one of Australia's most celebrated and controversial painters, this volume chronicles Friend's life with the candour and wit of a man who moved effortlessly between bohemian Sydney, wartime New Guinea, and the glittering art scenes of Europe and Asia, capturing each world with the same sharp eye he brought to his canvases. Edited with scholarly precision by Anne Gray, this National Library of Australia publication draws on Friend's original manuscripts to present an intimate self-portrait of an artist whose diaries are as much works of art as his paintings — illustrated with his own sketches and infused with a prose style that is at once erudite, humorous, and disarmingly honest. Friend's writing illuminates the broader cultural landscape of mid-century Australian art, situating his personal story within a wider narrative of national identity, artistic ambition, and restless creative freedom. For anyone captivated by the intersection of art, memoir, and the Australian cultural story, this volume raises as many questions as it answers — leaving the reader hungry to discover what the next volume will reveal.