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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Arthur Boyd : A Life
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'Arthur Boyd's legacy is a collection of masterpieces that define the history of Australian art in the last century. But the man himself-enigmatic, inarticulate, modest-has remained in the shadows until now.

'Based on over six years of meticulous research and hundreds of interviews, Darleen Bungey sweeps us into the intimate circle of one of Australia's most fascinating families. Arthur Boyd emerges as a passionate, dramatic figure whose self-effacing demeanour cloacked a strong personality that refused to allow his turbulent and sometimes tragic personal life to interfere with his creative genius.

'From Victoria's bohemian enclaves to the heady swirl of Melbourne and London in the years of artistic and social revolution, to the rural removes of Suffolk and the Shoalhaven, this is a journey into the mind and heart of a complex man whose absolute commitment to his art thrust aside personal adversity in the relentless pursuit of his work.

'There are art books and there are biographies. Arthur Boyd: A life is rare - a revelation of an artist's life as compelling as the writing about his art.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: To my mother who told the stories and my father who sang them.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2007 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Extent: ix, 630 p., [48] p. of plates.p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes endnotes (p. 572-605) and bibliographical references (p. 606-621)
      ISBN: 9781741149203 (hbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Simon Pierse , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 3 no. 5 2008;

— Review of Arthur Boyd : A Life Darleen Bungey , 2007 single work biography
But Did it Happen? John Thompson , 2008 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 301 2008; (p. 4-5)
Corroboration Needed Ian Britain , 2008 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 301 2008; (p. 4)
Biographers Go Head-To-Head over Novelist Suicide Claim Susan Wyndham , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 March 2008; (p. 16)
Susan Wyndham reports on the divergence of opinion between Darleen Bungey and Brenda Niall over the manner of Martin Boyd's death.
Leap of Imagination Darleen Bungey , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 300 2008; (p. 32-33)
Darleen Bungey replies to Brenda Niall's dismissal (in 'One More Falling Body') of Bungey's claim (in Arthur Boyd : A Life) that Martin Boyd committed suicide.
Pigments of Imagination Barry Humphries , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 November 2007; (p. 21-22)

— Review of Arthur Boyd : A Life Darleen Bungey , 2007 single work biography
Familiar Compound Ghosts Patrick McCaughey , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 29 2007; (p. 58-61)

— Review of Nolan on Nolan : Sidney Nolan in His Own Words Sidney Nolan , 2007 selected work poetry correspondence diary prose interview ; Arthur Boyd : A Life Darleen Bungey , 2007 single work biography
A Difficult Subject to Capture Fully Sasha Grishin , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 November 2007; (p. 15)

— Review of Arthur Boyd : A Life Darleen Bungey , 2007 single work biography
Adventures of King Arthur Barry Humphries , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 November 2007; (p. 37)

— Review of Arthur Boyd : A Life Darleen Bungey , 2007 single work biography
The Man Behind the Easel Sebastian Smee , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , December vol. 2 no. 12 2007; (p. 11)

— Review of Arthur Boyd : A Life Darleen Bungey , 2007 single work biography
About a Boyd Darleen Bungey , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 27 October 2007; (p. 83-84, 86, 88-89)
Defending Darleen Bungey Richard Walsh , 2008 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 299 2008; (p. 4)
Ian Britain Replies: Ian Britain , 2008 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 299 2008; (p. 4)
One More Falling Body Brenda Niall , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 299 2008; (p. 27-28)
Brenda Niall, the author of Martin Boyd: A Life, investigates and dismisses Darleen Bungey's claim (in Arthur Boyd: A Life) that Martin Boyd's death was suicide.
Leap of Imagination Darleen Bungey , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 300 2008; (p. 32-33)
Darleen Bungey replies to Brenda Niall's dismissal (in 'One More Falling Body') of Bungey's claim (in Arthur Boyd : A Life) that Martin Boyd committed suicide.
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