Laurence Hope interviewed by Robert Walker [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 558620
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hope, Laurence, 1927-2016, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1974
- 1 tape reel (ca. 139 min.) : 1 7/8 ips ; 7 in.
- Summary:
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Hope, an Australian painter, speaks of family artistic background; East Sydney Technical College; Brisbane art scene, 1945-50; Blackman; Molvig; meeting Nolan at home of John & Sunday Reed; first exhibitions; Leon Black's Theatre; work on Tully Falls hydro-electric scheme; Melbourne art scene, 1950s; Antipodeans; living conditions; teaching, Footscray High School; move to London & contact with Australian painters; lesbian paintings; living in Paris; Moira Dyring; Marcel Marceau; London art scene; Clytie Lloyd Jones; return to Australia via US; Norman Mailer; London exhibitions; Warhol; painting methodology; his studio; interest in South America; reception on return to Australia; chess paintings; press coverage of Australia in England; Whitlam Government; modern European painting; Sotheby's, Christie's auctions; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition; land art; London art trends, critics; making a living as a painter; interest in figurative painting; family history; weekend family painting trips; visiting Judith Wright, Mt Tamborine, Qld.; land owned there with Barry Reid; recollections of Nolan; influence of the Reeds; Boyd family; themes of love, sleep in his paintings; contemporary Aust. art scene; Sydney Opera House; Mirka Mora; Melbourne party scene; art education; Contemporary Art Society; Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; viewing Gauguin painting in Europe; experiences in East Germany 1960s; running out of money, Spain; opal inspired exhibitions, London, 1970s.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the home of Mr Walker, Paddington, N.S.W. in May 1974.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Robert Walker Paddington, N.S.W.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript 73 leaves + 2 leaf biographical update) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Walker, Robert, 1922-2007, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2044 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1974
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