Charles Blackman
Charles Blackman East Sydney Technical College | |
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Occupation | Painter |
Known for | Alice in Wonderland series |
Political party | Antipodeans |
Spouse(s) | Barbara Patterson Genevieve de Couvreur Victoria Bower |
Children | 6 |
Charles Raymond Blackman
Early life and initial success
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Blackman, born 12 August 1928 in
In 1959 he was a signatory to the
Blackman's own work is associated with dreamlike images tinged with mystery and foreboding. In 1960 he and his family lived in London after Blackman won a
After 27 years of marriage, Blackman divorced his wife Barbara in 1978, largely because of his alcoholism. He married the young artist Genevieve de Couvreur, a 19-year-old friend of his children.[5] She divorced him after eight years, as his alcoholism grew deeper, and in 1989 he married a third wife, Victoria Bower, whom he also later divorced. He had six children, Auguste, Christabel, Barnaby, Beatrice, Felix and Axiom, most of them artists and musicians in their own right.[citation needed]
Later life
Blackman's accountant and close friend, Tom Lowenstein, set up the Charles Blackman Trust to manage his affairs. Lowenstein periodically sold off Blackman's works to pay his expenses.[6] He lived with dementia in a rented home in Sydney.[7] On 20 August 2018, a week after his 90th birthday, he died in the aged care facility he moved into earlier that year.[8]
Recognition
Blackman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Australian art in 1977.[9]
A portrait of Blackman by Jon Molvig won the Archibald Prize in 1966.
In August 2010, the Blackman Hotel opened in St Kilda Road, Melbourne. It features 670 digitally reproduced fine art prints by Blackman.[10]
Ursula Dubosarsky's novel The Golden Day was directly inspired by Blackman's 1954 painting Floating Schoolgirl,[11] which is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.[12]
See also
References
- Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Nick Galvin (9 April 2016). "How being blind became a 'gift' for author Barbara Blackman". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ The antipodean manifesto: essays in art and history, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1975
- Canberra Times. p. 11.
- ^ The Blackmans. ABC Confidential. Series 3 | Episode 6. ABC television,
- ^ "Blackman rediscovers artistic muse at 80". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- ^ The Blackmans. ABC Confidential. Series 3 | Episode 6. ABC television.
- ^ Westwood, Matthew (20 August 2018). "Charles painted our dreams". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ It's an Honour. Retrieved 19 February 2017
- ^ McCabe, Christine (22 September 2010). "Guests in Wonderland". The Australian. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ www.thegoldenday.info http://www.thegoldenday.info/. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
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(help)[title missing] - ^ "Charles Blackman - Floating schoolgirl - Search the Collection, National Gallery of Australia". artsearch.nga.gov.au. Retrieved 7 July 2012.[title missing]
External links
- Blackman's Cats
- The Blackman Hotel
- Charles Blackman on Artabase
- Charles Blackman's works at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Street Scene 1960 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
- Charles Blackman artwork at Chrysalis Publishing
- Charles Blackman at Australian Art at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 July 2008)
- Charles Blackman "Works from 1952–92" review by Grafico Topico's Sue Smith
- Charles Blackman at Greenhill Galleries
- Charles Blackman "Dreams and Shadows" on Amazon