| Description |
99 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
List of colour plates -- List of black and white illustrations -- Publishers' note -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Irvine Homer -- "Jam-tin country" -- Charles Callins -- "And time went on and all" -- James Fardoulys -- "You know the famous Spartans" -- Sam Byrne -- "I always loved to see our Silver City" -- Henri Bastin -- "A lot of beautiful paradise..." |
| Summary |
"The five painters represented in this book - Irvine homer, Charles Callins, James Fardoulys, Sam Bryne and Henri Bastin rank with the best primitive painters in the world. The author has written a discerning commentary on each of the painters which combined with the transcripts of the interviews which form the second part of each chapter, provide a revealing insight into the lives, thoughts, ideas, and works of these outstanding Australian painters." - inside front cover |
| Notes |
Hardie Collection copy signed by the authors on t.p |
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Statement of responsibility on dust jacket: Geoffrey Lehmann with Charles Blackman |
| Subject |
Painters -- Australia -- Biography.
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Painting, Australian -- Pictorial works.
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Painting, Australian -- 20th century.
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Painting, Australian.
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Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
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Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia.
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Primitivism in art -- Australia.
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Primitivism in art.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Blackman, Charles, 1928-
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| LC no. |
78320865 |
| ISBN |
0702210390 |
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9780702210396 |
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