Lawrence Daws
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A focused monograph on Australian painter Lawrence Daws, written by art critic and historian Neville Weston, this work presents a comprehensive survey of Daws's remarkable career spanning several decades of Australian modernism. It chronicles the artist's evolution from his early figurative works through his deeply symbolic and metaphysical abstract paintings, situating his practice within both the Australian and international art contexts of the twentieth century. Weston details the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings that distinguish Daws's imagery, illuminating how the artist drew on Jungian psychology, mythology, and the Australian landscape to forge a singular visual language. Written with scholarly authority yet accessible prose, the text argues for Daws's significance as one of Australia's most intellectually rigorous and visually compelling painters. Richly illustrated and critically engaged, it stands as an essential reference for collectors, students, and enthusiasts of Australian art history.
Author: Neville Weston
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Frenchs Forest NSW
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A focused monograph on Australian painter Lawrence Daws, written by art critic and historian Neville Weston, this work presents a comprehensive survey of Daws's remarkable career spanning several decades of Australian modernism. It chronicles the artist's evolution from his early figurative works through his deeply symbolic and metaphysical abstract paintings, situating his practice within both the Australian and international art contexts of the twentieth century. Weston details the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings that distinguish Daws's imagery, illuminating how the artist drew on Jungian psychology, mythology, and the Australian landscape to forge a singular visual language. Written with scholarly authority yet accessible prose, the text argues for Daws's significance as one of Australia's most intellectually rigorous and visually compelling painters. Richly illustrated and critically engaged, it stands as an essential reference for collectors, students, and enthusiasts of Australian art history.