Cirrus@Austlit

'Folkloric recording. Robert Henry Dickerson talks about his early life in Waverly; his education; his family background; the Depression years; enlisting in the Air force during World War II; beginning to paint after the war; holding down various jobs; alcohol; difficulties; his sales of paintings; Rudy Korman; Charles Blackman; meeting his wife Jenny; Anna Fuchs; Ian Fairweather; his choice of medium; Brisbane exhibition; taxation; boxing; Hal Missingham; drawing with a spanner on concrete floor; Bill Sewell; Barbara and Charles Blackman; his involvement with racing and horses; Phar Lap; jockeys; his horse breeding; war and weapons; his need to keep painting; Woollahra Gallery; pastels; overseas exhibitions; his painting methods; painting to classical music; being an art sponsor; his approach to life and painting; his creative process; the way he sees his life now; how his life experiences influencing his art; Modern Art; his admiration for the poet Les Murray; his motivation.' (Trove)