Anne-Louise Willoughby

Nora Heysen: A Portrait (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Hahndorf artist Nora Heysen was the first woman to win the ArchibaldPrize, and Australia's first female painter to be appointed as an officialwar artist. A portraitist and a flower painter, Nora Heysen's life wasdefined by an all-consuming drive to draw and paint. In 1989, aged 78,Nora re-emerged on the Australian art scene when the nation's majorart institutions restored her position after years of artistic obscurity.Extensively researched, and containing artworks and photographs from thepainter's life, Nora Heysen: a portrait is the first biography of the artist, andit has been enthusiastically embraced by the Heysen family. This authorisedbiography coincides with a major retrospective of the works of Nora andher father, landscape painter Hans Heysen, to be held at the NationalGallery of Victoria in March 2019.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fremantle Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781925815221
• Artikelnr.: 66251168

Autorenporträt

Anne-Louise Willoughby is a journalist and freelance writer with a background in Italian and fine-art history. The Nora Heysen biography was written as the substantial component of her PhD in creative non-fiction, which she is currently completing at the University of Western Australia.