Norman Lindsay: A Personal Memoir
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st aus ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A richly personal work of literary memoir and biography, Douglas Stewart's tribute chronicles his long friendship with the legendary Australian artist and writer Norman Lindsay, offering an intimate portrait of one of the country's most controversial and prolific creative figures. Stewart draws on decades of personal correspondence and direct encounters to illuminate Lindsay's fierce artistic philosophy, his irreverent wit, and the vibrant, unconventional world he cultivated at his famous Springwood property in the Blue Mountains. Written with warmth and admiration, the memoir presents Lindsay not merely as a celebrated painter and illustrator, but as a commanding intellectual force whose views on art, life, and human nature were as bold and uncompromising as his work. Stewart's prose is affectionate yet clear-eyed, capturing both the grandeur and the eccentricities of a man who remained defiantly outside the mainstream of Australian cultural life. This is an essential read for anyone drawn to Australian art history, literary biography, or the remarkable personalities who shaped the nation's cultural identity in the twentieth century.
Author: Douglas Stewart
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Nelson
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st aus ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A richly personal work of literary memoir and biography, Douglas Stewart's tribute chronicles his long friendship with the legendary Australian artist and writer Norman Lindsay, offering an intimate portrait of one of the country's most controversial and prolific creative figures. Stewart draws on decades of personal correspondence and direct encounters to illuminate Lindsay's fierce artistic philosophy, his irreverent wit, and the vibrant, unconventional world he cultivated at his famous Springwood property in the Blue Mountains. Written with warmth and admiration, the memoir presents Lindsay not merely as a celebrated painter and illustrator, but as a commanding intellectual force whose views on art, life, and human nature were as bold and uncompromising as his work. Stewart's prose is affectionate yet clear-eyed, capturing both the grandeur and the eccentricities of a man who remained defiantly outside the mainstream of Australian cultural life. This is an essential read for anyone drawn to Australian art history, literary biography, or the remarkable personalities who shaped the nation's cultural identity in the twentieth century.