Papers of Russell Foreman, 1945-2002 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 992143
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Foreman, Russell, 1921-2000
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1945-2002]
- 3.90 m. (5 boxes) + 7 cartons + 1 fol. box + 1 large box + 1 file + 1 volume.
- Summary:
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MS Acc01.067 comprises one computer disk containing files of drafts of an unpublished and incomplete memoir of Max Meldrum by Russell Foreman.
The Acc03.096 instalment includes correspondence, notes, cards, photographs, memoir of Max Meldrum, typescript manuscripts of Sand in the oyster and Master of the stonefish by Foreman (1 box).
The Acc03.134 instalment consists of a copy of the book by H.C. Robbins Landon, Horns in high C: a memoir of musical discoveries and adventures (London : Thames and Hudson, c1999) (1 v.).
The Acc03.156 instalment comprises numerous drafts, some notebooks, cuttings, a few photographs, correspondence and materials relating to Max Meldrum (7 cartons).
The Acc04.088 instalment includes photographs, news clippings 1950-1977, typescript drafts of Frigate bird, Slightly married, Second time around, The ringway virus, Master of the stonefish, The sand in the oyster, Tahitian episode and other works, and a cassette tape annotated "Max Meldrum" (3 boxes, 1 fol. box, 1 large box).
The Acc04.245 instalment consists of an annotated typescript draft of Slightly married, an annotated typescript draft of Mr Meldrum: a memoir, and two 3.5 in. discs (1 box).
The Acc06.120 instalment comprises two letters to Foreman from John Gawsworth, 1970, and H.C. Robbins Landon, 1977, cuttings concerning the death of Gawsworth, 1970, the day after the above letter was written, and a photocopy of the Dictionary of international biography entry for Foreman (1 file).
- Biography/History:
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Artist and writer. Russell Ralph Foreman was born in Melbourne in 1921 and educated at Xavier College, Melbourne, and later at Trinity College, London. After showing early artistic talent, and at the age of ten, he became a pupil of Duncan Max Meldrum. They later collaborated on a book on painting, The science of appearances as formulated and taught by Max Meldrum (1950). Foreman's first novel, Long pig (1958), was followed by Sandalwood Island (1961) and The ringway virus (1976). Foreman was at various times a journalist, radio broadcaster and aeronautical engineer. He became an artist of note, and after settling in Italy in 1962, he established the Russell Foreman School of Painting. At the time of his death in 2000, at his home in Panzano, Florence, Foreman was working on a memoir of Max Meldrum.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS Acc01.067, MS Acc03.096, MS Acc03.134, MS Acc03.156, MS Acc04.088, MS Acc04.245, MS Acc06.120.
- Some photocopies.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Related Material:
- Russell Foreman interviewed by Barbara Blackman; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 1933.
- Subject:
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- Foreman, Russell, 1921-2000 -- Archives
- Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970
- Meldrum, Max, 1875-1955
- Artists -- Australia -- Archives
- Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Archives
- Novelists, Australian -- 20th century -- Archives
- Australian literature -- 20th century
- Painters -- Australia -- Biography
- Painting, Australian -- 20th century
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Landon, H. C. Robbins (Howard Chandler Robbins), 1926-2009. Horns in high C : a memoir of musical discoveries and adventures
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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