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[Interview with Sir Daryl Lindsay, artist] [sound recording] / [interviewer : Mel Pratt]
Bib ID 728088
Format AudioAudio
Author Lindsay, Daryl, 1890-1976
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1971 Oct. 19. 
1 tape reel : 1 7/8 ips, mono. ; 5 in. 
Series Mel Pratt collection. 
Summary

Daryl Lindsay briefly describes his early life on several merino studs; his life as official medical artist to the AIF in World War I; the artistic environment at home; Prof. Henry Tonks; English Royal Water Colour Society; Melbourne National Gallery; Sir Kenneth Clark; Sir Keith Murdoch; Drew McDonald; National Gallery Society; National Trust of Victoria; acquisition of "Como"; Victoria River Downs, Northern Territory; Joseph Bourke; Gallery for Canberra; Laurie Thomas; John Gorton; Art Advisory Board; art appreciation in Australia; painters today; provincial galleries; Ballarat Gallery; Miss MacKean; McClelland Gallery; James Wallace; Carl Andrew; Harry McClelland.

Biography/History Daryl Lindsay was an artist and director of the Melbourne National Gallery from 1942-1956. 
Notes

This recording updates the information contained in the interview with Mrs. Hazel de Berg recorded in 1962.

Recorded at his home in Baxter, Victoria.

Index/Finding Aid Note Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 22 leaves) 
Subjects Lindsay, Daryl, - 1890-1976 - Interviews.  |  National Gallery of Victoria.  |  Artists - Australia - Interviews.
Other Authors Pratt, Mel
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ORAL TRC 121/22 Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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ORAL TRC 121/22 (transcript)
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Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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