| Description |
ix, 630 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Under the mulberry tree -- 2. To the market square -- 3. Sky blue trades in lamb white days -- 4. Worlds away from Rosebud -- 5. Death, love, war -- 6. The empty stage -- 7. Cripples, lovers and other victims -- 8. Through the unknown, remembered gate -- 9. No peace -- 10. Family: forged and fractured -- 11. It's a hard life -- 12. Where the roads dip and where the roads rise -- 13. Speaking Australian -- 14. A heart in two places -- 15. And the walls came tumbling down -- 16. Days on fire -- 17. It's time -- 18. This reservoir of blue -- 19. And all his years of exile fell away |
| Summary |
"Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this is the first full biography of the complex genius, Arthur Boyd."--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Australian painting |
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Biography |
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Boyd, Arthur |
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Artists |
| Notes |
Paperback edition published in 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Qld Premier's Literary Awards - Shortlist, 2008 |
| Subject |
Boyd, Arthur, 1920-1999.
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Artists -- Australia.
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Boyd, Arthur, 1920-1999 Painters -- Australia -- Biography
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Painters -- Australia.
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Painters -- Australia -- Biography.
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Artists -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biographies.
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| Author |
Boyd, Arthur, 1920-1999, artist
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| LC no. |
2008378464 |
| ISBN |
9781741149203 : |
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9781741756135 |
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