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Sidney Nolan: A Life Hardcover – June 1, 2016

by Nancy Underhill (Author)
2.5 2.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
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Digging through the myths around Australia’s most famous artist, many of which he created himself as a masterful self-promoter, this book is the biography that Sidney Nolan deserves. In an authoritative, insightful and often irreverent biography that fully charts Nolan’s life and work, Nancy Underhill peels back the layers from a complicated, expedient and manipulative artistic genius. She carries the story from Nolan’s birth in 1917 to his death in 1992, tracing his early life, his experience as a commercial artist, his involvement in the Angry Penguins magazine, his painting and set design, his difficult marriages and friendships with some of the twentieth century’s most famous figures: Patrick White, Albert Tucker, Benjamin Britten, Robert Lowell, Stephen Spender and Kenneth Clark.
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  1. Print length
    408 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    NewSouth
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 2016
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.6 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1921410884
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1921410888
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Dr Nancy Underhill is an author, curator and art historian. Educated at Bryn Mawr and the Courtauld Insitute in London, she was Foundation Head of the Department of Art History at the University of Queensland, and the inaugural director of the University Art Museum. Her books include Nolan on Nolan: Sidney Nolan in his own words (2007) and Letters of John Reed: Defining Australian culture 1920–1981 (co-editor, 2001).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ NewSouth (June 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 408 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1921410884
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1921410888
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.6 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    2.5 2.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

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Jim Barry
3.0 out of 5 stars Rosenthal which completely satisfied my desire for a collection of the paintings with ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2015
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More of a novel/biograhy than a picture collection. I also got the book by T. G. Rosenthal which completely satisfied my desire for a collection of the paintings with biography.
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readfest
2.0 out of 5 stars Dull
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2017
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The author had such a wealth of information at her fingertips and yet the book was really quite boring. Sydney Nolan was a very complex character and his life and relationships so interesting, that I still can't understand why the book was so dull.There are some good illustrations though. Compared to other artists' biographies that I have read, in particular Sue Roe and Matthew Sturgis, there is no comparison as you are right there with the artists in their story.
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