John Perceval
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Few Australian artists have lived as vividly and painted as fiercely as John Perceval, a self-taught maverick whose turbulent life was inseparable from the raw, expressive power of his canvases. Margaret Plant's authoritative monograph presents a comprehensive portrait of this singular figure — from his impoverished Depression-era childhood and battle with polio to his celebrated place at the heart of the Melbourne Heide Circle alongside Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, and Joy Hester — chronicling both the man and his restless artistic evolution across painting, ceramics, and sculpture. Plant's scholarship illuminates Perceval's defiant rejection of European academicism in favour of a distinctly Australian vernacular, one charged with psychological intensity, spiritual searching, and an almost childlike directness that critics came to regard as his greatest strength. Part of the prestigious Lansdowne Australian Art Library series, this volume situates Perceval firmly within the broader narrative of post-war Australian modernism, arguing for his enduring relevance as a visionary whose angels, landscapes, and ceramic figures continue to unsettle and enchant in equal measure — leaving the reader to wonder what further secrets his brushwork has yet to confess.
Author: Margaret Plant
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Lansdowne Australian Art Library
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Few Australian artists have lived as vividly and painted as fiercely as John Perceval, a self-taught maverick whose turbulent life was inseparable from the raw, expressive power of his canvases. Margaret Plant's authoritative monograph presents a comprehensive portrait of this singular figure — from his impoverished Depression-era childhood and battle with polio to his celebrated place at the heart of the Melbourne Heide Circle alongside Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, and Joy Hester — chronicling both the man and his restless artistic evolution across painting, ceramics, and sculpture. Plant's scholarship illuminates Perceval's defiant rejection of European academicism in favour of a distinctly Australian vernacular, one charged with psychological intensity, spiritual searching, and an almost childlike directness that critics came to regard as his greatest strength. Part of the prestigious Lansdowne Australian Art Library series, this volume situates Perceval firmly within the broader narrative of post-war Australian modernism, arguing for his enduring relevance as a visionary whose angels, landscapes, and ceramic figures continue to unsettle and enchant in equal measure — leaving the reader to wonder what further secrets his brushwork has yet to confess.