Lionel Lindsay
Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay | |
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Born | Lionel Arthur Lindsay 17 October 1874 Creswick, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 22 May 1961 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 86)
Occupation | Artist |
Spouse | Jean Dyson |
Relatives | Percy (brother) Norman (brother) Daryl (brother) Ruby (sister) |
Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay (17 October 1874 – 22 May 1961) was an Australian artist, known for his paintings and etchings.
Early life
Lindsay was born in the
Lindsay taught himself etching and engraving in the 1890s while a student, immediately prior to his first trip to Spain and England. On his return to Australia he settled in Sydney as a freelance artist and journalist, contributing to The Bulletin and other magazines and newspapers.
He married Jean, a sister of the literary Dyson boys (Ted, Will, and Ambrose), while Will married Lionel's sister Ruby.[1][2]
Career
Lindsay was good friends with
Key themes in his oeuvre include the
In 1937 Lindsay became a foundation member of, and exhibited with, Robert Menzies' anti-modernist organisation, the Australian Academy of Art.[10]Lindsay became a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and was knighted for his services to Australian art in 1941.[11] In 1942 Lindsay published Addled Art, a vituperative and anti-semitic attack on modernism in art. Lindsay's views on modernism, however, were not as clear cut as Addled Art would have it seem: for example, Lindsay supported William Dobell during the court case over his Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Joshua Smith.
Death
Lindsay died in Melbourne on 22 May 1961. His autobiography, Comedy of Life, was published posthumously.
Legacy
The Lionel Lindsay Art Gallery and Library, in
Publications
- Lionel Lindsay, A book of woodcuts, drawn on wood and engraved (Sydney: Art in Australia; London: Constable, 1922).
- Lionel Lindsay, Twenty-one woodcuts (Sydney: Meryon Press, 1924).
- Lionel Lindsay, Etchings & drypoints of Spain & Australia (London: Colnaghi, 1927).
- Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert (eds.), The art of Lionel Lindsay (Sydney: Art in Australia, 1928).
- Lionel Lindsay, Drawing and drawings in Australia (Sydney: Fairfax, 1937).
- Lionel Lindsay, Addled art (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942).
- Lionel Lindsay, Comedy of life: an autobiography, 1874-1961 (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1967).
- Lionel Lindsay, A Consideration of the Art of Ernest Moffitt.
- Joanna Mendelssohn, The art of Sir Lionel Lindsay. Volume 1. Woodcuts (Brookvale, N.S.W.: Copperfield Publishing Co., c1982).
- Joanna Mendelssohn, The art of Sir Lionel Lindsay. Volume II (Brookvale, N.S.W.: Copperfield, c1987).
References
- ^ "Will DYSON dead". Recorder. South Australia. 24 January 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Trove.
- Cairns Post. Queensland, Australia. 12 April 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 28 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Charles Keene, the artists' artist / by Lionel Lindsay". The Royal Academy of Arts. The Royal Academy of Arts.
- ^ "Etchings & drypoints of Spain & Australia / by Lionel Lindsay". The National Library of Australia. The National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 November 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2005.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Woodcut of Henry Lawson by Lionel Lindsay". 21 July 2005. Archived from the original on 21 July 2005.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 July 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2005.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Sir Lionel Lindsay - Repose Pheasant and Wisteria". www.artoftheprint.com.
- ^ Australian Academy of Art First Exhibition, April 8th-29th, Sydney : Catalogue (1st ed.). Sydney: Australian Academy of Art. 1938. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ 'New Year Honours' Sydney Morning Herald 1 January 1941, p. 5.
- Bernard Smith, 'Lindsay, Sir Lionel Arthur (1874 - 1961)', MUP, 1986, pp 106–115.
External links
Media related to Lionel Lindsay at Wikimedia Commons
- Linsday's works in the National Library of Australia, Canberra
- Lindsay's works in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Lionel Lindsay Art Gallery and Library, Toowoomba
- Biography, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney
- Silas Clifford-Smith (2008). "Lindsay, Lionel". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 9 October 2015.[CC-By-SA]