My salute to five bells / John Olsen
- Bib ID:
- 6612072
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Olsen, John, 1928-2023, author, artist
- Description:
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- Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, [2015]
- ©2015
- 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 31 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780642278821 (hardback)
- Summary:
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John Olsen's striking mural for the Sydney Opera House was his response to the poem, 'Five Bells', by Kenneth Slessor. Here, Olsen talks about the inspiration for the mural and its creation. The book includes a previously unseen self-portrait and paintings that reveal the creative path he took, ending with a moving self-penned poem, 'Farewell to Five Bells'. The centrepiece is Olsen's 'Opera House Journal', in which the artist combines images, sketches and notes, and ponders his artistic journey that resulted in the magnificent mural that graces the Opera House today.
- Notes:
- National Library's copies signed by the author.
- Subject:
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- Olsen, John, 1928-2023 Salute to five bells
- Slessor, Kenneth, 1901-1971. Five bells
- Olsen, John, 1928-2023 -- Diaries
- Sydney Opera House
- Painting, Australian -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Mural painting and decoration -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Literature in art
- Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) -- In art
- Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) -- In literature
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2065 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
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