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Margaret Olley - Far From a Still Life - Meg Stewart (1st/1st HB)
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'Margaret Olley: Far From a Still Life' by Meg Stewart in good condition. This is a First Edition First Imprint hardback as per photo 2.
The blurb [Margaret passed in 2011]:- Margaret Olley is arguably Australia's most loved living artist, and one of the country's most generous benefactors to public art galleries. Her rich and textured life has been filled with both great happiness and pain, as Meg Stewart relates in this celebratory intimate biography.
Margaret Olley's life began in the tropics of north Queensland on a cane and dairy farm. But her family was soon on the move, first to the Tweed in NSW, then to Brisbane. During her last years at school, Margaret's artistic talent became apparent and she was encouraged to apply to study art formally.
So, in Sydney in the early 1940's, her life-long love affair with painting began. Here, too, she met artists such as Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend, David Strachan and William Dobell, with whom she would form enduring friendships. In 1948 William Dobell asked if she would sit for him and the resulting portrait won the Archibald Prize, just as she was setting off overseas.
Bohemian adventures in Europe followed. Margaret travelled - sketch book in hand - in England, France, Italy and Spain, and lived on a vineyard in Cassis in the South of France. But in 1953 she returned to Australia struggling with her drinking and was forced to choose to dry out or dry up creatively. Once she'd made her decision, her return to life and painting was joyous. Nowadays, despite a recent bout of profound depression, when not only did she want to give up painting but also living, she still produces magnificent art, donates to our galleries and entertains in her notoriously cluttered Paddington terrace in Sydney.
This is a rich and comprehensive look at eighty odd years of Margaret Olley - at her lovers and friends, and, of course, her painting. It is glorious proof that indeed her life has been far from still.
Contents pages are shown in photos 3 & 4 [can be enlarged to make them easier to read] And there are several photo sections as per photos 5, 6 & 8.
568 pages. Published by Random House Australia in 2005 [1st Edition 1st Imprint]. ISBN 1-74051-314-2. [Approx 24 x 16.5 x 5.2cms & 1115g].
This hardback is in good condition with pages clean and tightly bound. There is a dedication on the pre-title page, and some very light yellowing to the edge of the page margins. The dust cover lets the side down a bit as per photos 1 & 9 with rubbing/creasing to parts of its top and bottom edges with a small [0.4mm] tear to the bottom of the spine's back corner and wear to the top of the back flap join. There's also a couple of white nicks to the black of the back of the dust cover, and a small, light mark to the bottom edge of the closed pages.
Also have some other art/artist books listed separately at present including 'Arthur Boyd: A Life' by Darleen Bungey and 'The Art of Australia' by Robert Hughes.
Please note:-
- Inspections welcome.
- Best to phone [three&two zero&nine seven&one eight&two] if you are keen to collect. I don't use a mobile and often only get to check messages late in the evening, so please check your email for replies [they sometimes end up in your Spam folder].
- No Paypal [sorry]
The blurb [Margaret passed in 2011]:- Margaret Olley is arguably Australia's most loved living artist, and one of the country's most generous benefactors to public art galleries. Her rich and textured life has been filled with both great happiness and pain, as Meg Stewart relates in this celebratory intimate biography.
Margaret Olley's life began in the tropics of north Queensland on a cane and dairy farm. But her family was soon on the move, first to the Tweed in NSW, then to Brisbane. During her last years at school, Margaret's artistic talent became apparent and she was encouraged to apply to study art formally.
So, in Sydney in the early 1940's, her life-long love affair with painting began. Here, too, she met artists such as Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend, David Strachan and William Dobell, with whom she would form enduring friendships. In 1948 William Dobell asked if she would sit for him and the resulting portrait won the Archibald Prize, just as she was setting off overseas.
Bohemian adventures in Europe followed. Margaret travelled - sketch book in hand - in England, France, Italy and Spain, and lived on a vineyard in Cassis in the South of France. But in 1953 she returned to Australia struggling with her drinking and was forced to choose to dry out or dry up creatively. Once she'd made her decision, her return to life and painting was joyous. Nowadays, despite a recent bout of profound depression, when not only did she want to give up painting but also living, she still produces magnificent art, donates to our galleries and entertains in her notoriously cluttered Paddington terrace in Sydney.
This is a rich and comprehensive look at eighty odd years of Margaret Olley - at her lovers and friends, and, of course, her painting. It is glorious proof that indeed her life has been far from still.
Contents pages are shown in photos 3 & 4 [can be enlarged to make them easier to read] And there are several photo sections as per photos 5, 6 & 8.
568 pages. Published by Random House Australia in 2005 [1st Edition 1st Imprint]. ISBN 1-74051-314-2. [Approx 24 x 16.5 x 5.2cms & 1115g].
This hardback is in good condition with pages clean and tightly bound. There is a dedication on the pre-title page, and some very light yellowing to the edge of the page margins. The dust cover lets the side down a bit as per photos 1 & 9 with rubbing/creasing to parts of its top and bottom edges with a small [0.4mm] tear to the bottom of the spine's back corner and wear to the top of the back flap join. There's also a couple of white nicks to the black of the back of the dust cover, and a small, light mark to the bottom edge of the closed pages.
Also have some other art/artist books listed separately at present including 'Arthur Boyd: A Life' by Darleen Bungey and 'The Art of Australia' by Robert Hughes.
Please note:-
- Inspections welcome.
- Best to phone [three&two zero&nine seven&one eight&two] if you are keen to collect. I don't use a mobile and often only get to check messages late in the evening, so please check your email for replies [they sometimes end up in your Spam folder].
- No Paypal [sorry]
- Date Listed:16/04/2024
- Last Edited:16/04/2024
- Condition:Used
- Shipping:Shipping & Pickup
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