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Montsalvat : the intimate story of Australia's most exciting artists' colony / Sigmund Jörgensen ; images by Malcolm Cross.

Montsalvat : the intimate story of Australia's most exciting artists' colony / Sigmund Jörgensen ; images by Malcolm Cross.
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ISBN 9781743312728
Author Jorgensen, Sigmund (author.)
Title Montsalvat : the intimate story of Australia's most exciting artists' colony / Sigmund Jörgensen ; images by Malcolm Cross.
Cover title Montsalvat : the intimate story of an Australian artists' colony.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2014.
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2014.
©2014.
Description xi, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits, 1 map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302)
Contents Introduction -- Part I -- Beginnings -- In the beginning was Meldrum -- Courtship and travel -- Back home -- The Jörgensen palette -- Part II -- From Queen Street to Metery Road -- Montsalvat rises -- Den of iniquity -- The lack of recognition -- The Skippers -- The first members -- From the 'Bulletin' to 'Pandemonium' -- The scribe and the gardener -- Admiration and disagreements -- The seeds of World War II -- How to build a utopia -- A day at Montsalvat -- Justus, Lily and Helen -- What the master saw -- Building the Great Hall -- The nearly blind Welsh conscript, Phil Taffe -- Part III -- The founding group -- The founders' children -- The tradesmen -- Part IV -- New faces and troubled times -- A postwar revival -- Confessional and Moscow show trials -- An autumn dinner -- Four roles -- Times of change -- Part V -- The new beginning -- Polilticians and others -- An exciting time -- Pioneers and painters -- Festivals -- The Eltham Cemetery -- Clichy restaurant -- The Montsalvat international jazz festivals -- The Great Barn fire and the end of an era -- Unchartered waters -- The Montsalvat Trust -- All or nothing -- David White and new CEO -- Building again -- Epilogue -- Appendix. The buildings.
Summary The colourful history of the legendary Melbourne artists' colony, Montsalvat, and the story of its founder Justus Jorgensen as told by his son.
Subjects Jorgensen, Justus, -- 1893-1975
Jorgensen, Sigmund
Historic buildings -- Victoria -- Eltham
Architects -- Victoria -- Biography
Artists -- Victoria -- Biography
Artist colonies -- Victoria
Artist colonies -- Australia
Montsalvat (Vic.)
Eltham (Vic.)
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Cross, Malcolm (artist.)
Call number 2018.546
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