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John Olsen : an artist's life / Darleen Bungey.
Publication details: Sydney, Australia : Harpercollins Publishing Aust, 2014.Description: 516 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780733331138
- 759.94 23
- 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction (biography).
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 759.94 BUN | Available | 058286 |
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This landmark biography by Darleen Bungey, the author of the celebrated biography of Arthur Boyd, graphically depicts the forces that drove John Olsen to become one of the country's greatest artists. An exhilarating book, both trenchant and tender, it strips away the veneer of showmanship and fame to show the substance of a painter driven by a need to depict his country's landscape as Australians had never seen it before.
2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction (biography).
