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Description for Sidney Nolan: A Life
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 960.
Crashing through the myths around Australia’s most famous artist, many of which he created himself as a masterful self-promoter, this book gives us, finally, the biography that Sidney Nolan deserves.
In an authoritative biography that fully charts Nolan’s life and work, Nancy Underhill peels back the layers from a complicated, expedient and manipulative artistic genius. She carries the story from Nolan’s birth in 1917 to his death in 1992, tracing his early life, his experience as a commercial artist, his involvement in the Angry Penguins magazine, his painting and set design, his difficult marriages and his even more difficult ... Read more
Crashing through the myths around Australia’s most famous artist, many of which he created himself as a masterful self-promoter, this book gives us, finally, the biography that Sidney Nolan deserves.
In an authoritative biography that fully charts Nolan’s life and work, Nancy Underhill peels back the layers from a complicated, expedient and manipulative artistic genius. She carries the story from Nolan’s birth in 1917 to his death in 1992, tracing his early life, his experience as a commercial artist, his involvement in the Angry Penguins magazine, his painting and set design, his difficult marriages and his even more difficult ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
ISBN
9781921410888
SKU
V9781921410888
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Unknown
Dr Nancy Underhill is an author, curator and academic. She was Foundation Head of the Department of Art History at the University of Queensland, Australia and the inaugural director of the University Art Museum. Her books include Nolanon Nolan: Sidney Nolan in His Own Words (2007) and Letters of John Reed: Defining Australian Culture 1920–1981 (co-editor, 2001). Nancy has served ... Read more
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