Michael Shannon interviewed by Barbara Blackman [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 938906
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Shannon, Michael, 1927-1993, 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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- 1986 Dec. 10
- 2 cassettes (ca. 123 min) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Summary:
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Michael Shannon, an artist, speaks about his early life and schooling; time at the Gallery School in Melbourne and George Bell School; cultural life of Melbourne in the late 1940s; Melbourne student art world during World War II; journey to England on a cargo ship; Leger school in Paris; visits to Europe, 1942-53; teaching at Melbourne Grammer with John Brack; exhibitions in the 1960s; his "urban period"; views on religion; regret at not having a family; paintings in State galleries; tastes in literature; painters he admires; resentment at being excluded from the Antipodean Exhibition; Fred Williams; term on the Visual Arts Board; John Olsen and other matters.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at South Yarra, Vic. on 10 December 1986.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215825097
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and corrected transcript (typescript, 91 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Painters
- Other authors/contributors:
- Blackman, Barbara, 1928-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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