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Roy de Maistre :
Includes index. Also available in limited boxed ed. of 75 signed and numbered copies (36 cm.) $250.00. 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. Text in French. 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. KENNEDY F 759.994 DEM

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