Vic O'Connor interviewed by Barbara Blackman [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2035755
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- O'Connor, Vic, 1918-2010, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1985
- 5 sound cassettes (ca. 439 min.) ; 1 7/8 ips.
- Summary:
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Vic O'Connor describes his life and career including his family background; his mother's efforts to support the family; entertainments in the 1930s; inaccuracies of books on Australian art history; the Contemporary Arts Society; James Quinn; George Bell's drawing school; Noel Counihan and Yosl Bergner; anti-fascist exhibition; membership of the Communist Party; legal training; war service; publishing works by Australian writers; art teachers and classes in the 1940s; his prison term; admiration for Percival's work; marriages to Ailsa Donaldson and Vera Stanley; overseas trip to Britain, Europe and Israel; James Wigley; his own work and its directions and themes; his work in public galleries; exhibitions; his house at Dromana; Turkish rugs; the work of Ailsa O'Connor; and the role of the artist.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on the 19 and 20 August 1985 at Dromana, Vic.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-196340963
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 213 leaves).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Painters
- Other authors/contributors:
- Blackman, Barbara, 1928-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2055 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1985
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