Lawrence Daws interviewed by Barbara Blackman [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2268906
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Daws, Lawrence, 1927-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1984
- 6 sound cassettes (ca. 520 min.) ; 1 7/8 ips.
- Summary:
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Daws speaks on his family; childhood at Adelaide in the 1930's; World War II; engineering course at the School of Mines and architectural studies; early painting experiences; influence of Hans Heysen; decision to pursue art rather than architecture; Melbourne National Gallery School; other students and painters he knew in the 1950's; working for a mining company scholarship, 1957-8; influences of John Passmore, Sydney painters and Xavier Herbert's Capricornia; travel and life in London, Russia and New York; Brett Whitely; Andy Warhol; exhibitions in London; his marriage breakup; return to Australia in 1970; move to Bribie Island; Ian Fairweather; imagery and themes in his paintings; etching and silk screening; murals for the Queensland Cultural Centre and the Queensland Supreme Court; and the involvement in the Board of the Queensland Art Gallery.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at Owl Creek, Qld. between 15 November 1984 and 17 December 1984.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 160 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Blackman, Barbara, 1928-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2054 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1984
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