Exile to art -- Urban impressions -- Expression in the bush -- Extension into space : the sculpture years -- The final search -- Essays : Vassilieff, father for a generation : icons and folk images in Australian art (1985) ; Force of nature : Stenka Razin (1988) ; Angry penguins and realist painting in Melbourne (1989) ; Icons and politics : Dancing girl and Harry and Ike (1998) ; From Vassilieff to Nolan : the secret of the Kelly Series (2011) -- Appendix A : Selected exhibitions and reviews -- Appendix B : Catalogue of paintings -- Appendix C : Catalogue of sculptures
Summary
This critical survey of Danila Vassilieff's painting and sculpture is illustrated and fully documented with catalogues of his creative output in both areas. It also provides a moving story of a legendary character who died, poverty-stricken, in 1958 at the age of 60. Author from Uni of Melbourne
