Papers of Judy Cassab, 1944-2006 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2976241
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Cassab, Judy, 1920-2015
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Part available for research; part requires permission for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1944-2006]
- 7.20 m. (12 boxes) + 15 fol. boxes.
- Summary:
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MS 1541 comprises correspondence, 1959-1999, nine diaries, newspaper cuttings and 24 scrapbooks and photograph albums. The correspondence series includes letters from her husband, readers of her Diaries, publishers, art galleries, portrait sitters and owners of her artworks. There is a series of diaries documenting Judy Cassab's personal and family life and details of her professional career spanning the years 1944-1997. There are copies of newspaper cuttings, and albums containing photographs and articles that describe her artistist achievements and exhibitions held between 1951 and 1997. The collection provides a comprehensive record of Cassab's artistic activities, her contacts with the Australian art world and her personal life (8 boxes, 12 fol. boxes).
The Acc01.017 instalment comprises volume 10 of Cassab's diary, December 1997-April 2000 (1 box).
The Acc02.072 instalment comprises correspondence, some dating from 2002 (1 box).
The Acc04.055 instalment comprises correspondence, cards, postcards, emails and enclosures (1 box).
The Acc06.020 instalment comprises seven volumes of cutting books, 1955-1957, 1961, 1968-1976, 1982-1988, 1994-1995; four albums of original photographs, cuttings and documents, 1994-1995 and 1997-2001; an album of photographs of portraits; and, letters, 2004-2006. The cutting books are copies (1 box, 3 fol. boxes).
- Biography/History:
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Painter and portraitist. Judy Cassab studied art in Prague and Budapest before emigrating to Australia with her family in 1951. In 1953 she held the first of numerous solo and portrait exhibitions in Australia. Cassab has won several art prizes and awards, including the Archibald Prize in 1961 and 1968. In 1995 she published Judy Cassab diaries.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 1541, MS Acc01.017, MS Acc02.072, MS Acc04.055, MS Acc06.020.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-229723724
- Original cutting books held by Art Gallery of New South Wales.
- Related Material:
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- Judy Cassab interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 1/34.
- Judy Cassab interviewed by Barbara Blackman; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 1704.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Judy Cassab.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available in the Special Collections Reading Room and online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms1541
- Subject:
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- Cassab, Judy, 1920-2015 -- Archives
- Cassab, Judy, 1920-2015 -- Diaries
- Painters -- Australia -- Archives
- Women painters -- Australia -- Archives
- Immigrants -- Australia -- Archives
- Hungarians -- Australia -- Archives
- Painting, Australian -- 20th century
- Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia
- Portrait painting, Australian
- Time Coverage:
- 1944-2006
- Occupation:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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