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Roy de Maistre : the Australian years, 1894-1930 / Heather Johnson.

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ISBN 0947131116
2253141429
Author Johnson, Heather (Heather Melrose) (author)
Title Roy de Maistre : the Australian years, 1894-1930 / Heather Johnson.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Roseville, N.S.W. : Craftsman House, 1988.
Description 138 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 35 cm.
Note Includes index.
Also available in limited boxed ed. of 75 signed and numbered copies (36 cm.) $250.00.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 128-134.
Contents Foreword -- Introduction -- Early history and childhood 1894-1913 -- Art school 1913-15 -- Experimentation 0616-19 -- Colour music 1919 -- The travelling scholarship 1923-25 -- Painting in Sydney 1925-30 -- Decorative art -- De Maistre's role in the Sydney art world -- Return to England 1930 -- Epilogue.
Summary Roy De Maistre is something of an enigma in Australian art. He has been acknowledged as Australia's first abstract painter, but what little else is known of him has been largely based on myth rather than fact.
Language Text in French.
Subjects De Maistre, Roy, -- 1894-1968
Paintings, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia
Painters, Australian
Painting, Australian -- 20th century
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia
Painters -- Australia
Art, Abstract
Artists -- Australia -- Biography
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons De Maistre, Roy, 1894-1968
Uniform title Len Fisher Memorial Collection.
Call number KENNEDY F 759.994 DEM
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A00940780 KENNEDY F 759.994 DEM
Kennedy Collection   . *, Not for Loan .  
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