Arthur Boyd: A Life

697 Pages·2007·17.58 MB·English

by  Darleen Bungey

‘Boyd has fortunately found a biographer of skill and stamina to speak A
for him. Gentle and generous to a fault, many had trouble squaring the
kindly man and the ferocious artist. The achievement of Darleen Bungey’s
biography is that we are shown both and taught to accept the paradox.’ D
PATRICK MCCAUGHEY, THE MONTHLY A
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‘Darleen Bungey has created a rich and memorable portrait
of a man who used his shyness, which amounted to a phobia, t
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‘Arthur Boyd: A life has an air of predestination about it, a bit like Richard
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with the inspired balance of rigour and dreaming in the writing.’
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GREGORY DAY, THE AGE B
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‘For those of us who knew the artist and no doubt for those yet to discover
his genius, this book is a fascinating chronicle, well researched and well N E
told, with a refreshing absence of the usual cant.’ B
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BARRY HUMPHRIES, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
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‘Although it is dense with information, Bungey’s biography …
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is engaging at every turn.’
SEBASTIAN SMEE, AUSTRALIAN LITERARY REVIEW Arthur
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Arthur Boyd’s legacy is a collection of masterpieces that defi ne the history of
Australian art in the last century. Based on over six years of meticulous research d
and hundreds of interviews, Darleen Bungey has written the defi nitive portrait of
the man and his art. Arthur Boyd: A life was joint winner of the FAW Melbourne
University Publishing Award, in the 2007 National Literary Awards.
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Cover image: Self Portrait 1945-46, oil on canvas

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