| NORMAN LINDSAY BOOKS |
Odana
Editions has published a number of books on Australian artists including
Frank Hinder, L. Roy Davies and Vincent Brown although is more often
recognised as the publisher of books on Norman Lindsay. In conjunction
with Josef Lebovic Gallery we have also published The Complete Etchings and Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné.
Author, art gallery director and
publisher Lin Bloomfield is an acknowledged expert on the
works of Norman Lindsay. Her long association with the
Lindsay family began in 1960 and continues to the present
day. Apart from the visual arts, Lin’s other major
interests include Middle Eastern politics, archaeology
and travel. In 1973 Lin founded Bloomfield Galleries
in Sydney, first at Crows Nest and then in Paddington from
1975 to 1994. From 1995 the gallery operated from premises
in North Sydney and in 2000 relocated to Bungendore, near
Canberra under the directorship of Jane Bloomfield. In
the 1970s Lin was a member of the Labor Party’s Media
Advisory Committee and was later a government appointee
to the Board of Governors of the NSW Institute of the Arts.
During the 1980s Lin also served as Chair of both the Australian
Commercial Galleries Association and the National Trust
(NSW) Norman Lindsay Gallery Advisory Committee. In 1989
she was awarded a Fellowship of the New South Wales Institute
of the Arts in recognition of her ‘outstanding contribution
to Education and the Arts’.
Freight prices are $8.00 for one book, $11.00 for two books or more (except
for Notebooks and Portrait of Pa). Freight for Notebooks and Portrait
of Pa on a per order basis — please contact us.
Freight of $20.00 per order for all orders of Norman
Lindsay monographs (etchings, drawings, oils and watercolours) no matter
how many books ordered. |
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NORMAN
LINDSAY: 80 YEARS OF PENCIL DRAWING
1st Edition (2000 printed)
2008
335 pages
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Hardcover, no dustjacket, black and white
During
his long creative life Norman Lindsay produced works in many media, but
pencil was the only one he used continuously
from childhood to old age. If, as is often said, it is drawing which
best demonstrates the strength of any artist, then the collection of
over three hundred and sixty pencil drawings in this book provides a
unique opportunity to assess the man and his methods.
The earliest drawing reproduced in this book was done in 1889, when he
was ten years old; the latest, in 1969, the year he died at the age of
ninety. Thus these drawings, spanning eighty years of creative development,
enable the reader to trace the evolution of Lindsay’s style throughout
his life. The drawings have been carefully selected to demonstrate both
Lindsay’s draughtsmanship and the range of his subject matter.
There are pages from his voluminous sketchbooks in which he recorded
details of subjects from animals to armour; preliminary sketches for
what later became major works in oil, watercolour and pen; minutely detailed
drawings for etchings; rough sketches showing his notes for colour plans;
and pencil portraits which are works of art in their own right. Most
of the drawings, however, are from the model, both male and female. His
drawings of figures convey the spirit as well as the likeness of the
model and have in common with his other pencil works great vitality and
spontaneity.
The text complements the drawings, weaving into the book excerpts from
Norman Lindsay’s life and providing insights into his relationships
with his family, friends and models. There are also many comments from
Lindsay’s own writings and from his artistically-gifted family
and contemporaries — on his techniques, his artistic philosophy
and the imagery used in many of his drawings — which help to illuminate
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NORMAN
LINDSAY ETCHINGS: CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
2006 reprint
1,000 copies printed
306 pages
30.0 x 24.3 cm page size
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Publishers: Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery
Hardcover, no dustjacket, black and white
Over
a period of eighty years Australian artist Norman Alfred Williams Lindsay
(1897-1969) produced a prodigious amount of work — pencil drawings,
pen and ink drawings, watercolours and oil paintings - and the etcher's
needle was to become as natural an extension of the artist's hand as his
pencil, pen and paint brush. With equal constancy and application he developed
into true magnificence his techniques of etching.
The fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of his 175 unpublished
and 200 published etchings traces his development from the first tentative
beginning in 1897 to the maturity of his etched line in the 1920s and 1930s.
This volume includes an updated catalogue raisonné and a text (with
some new material) condensed from the original definitive publication, The
Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay, of 100,000 words to 10,000 words.
The importance of this edition for all lovers of Lindsay's art, for all
connoisseurs, collectors, art historians, dealers, graphic artists and
students will be immediately apparent. It is a major addition to Lindsay
literature and to Australian printmaking in the 20th century.
The launch of Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné took
place on 2 November 1999 at the long established Old Print Shop, New York,
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THE
COMPLETE ETCHINGS OF NORMAN LINDSAY 1998 1st Edition (edition will not be reprinted)
2,000 copies printed
480 pages
30.0 x 24.3 cm page size
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Foreword: Jane Lindsay
Publishers: Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery
Hardcover, dustjacket, black and white
Australian
artist Norman Alfred Williams Lindsay (1879-1969) created some of the
finest intaglio prints of the 20th century. The Complete Etchings
of Norman Lindsay offers, for the first time, a panoramic view of
the artist's work in this field. Now, with the publication of this volume,
a serious lacuna in the Lindsay bibliography has been filled.
Over a period of eighty years Lindsay produced a prodigious amount of work
- pencil drawings, pen and ink drawings, watercolours and oil paintings
- and the etcher's needle was to become as natural an extension of the
artist's hand as his pencil, pen and paint brush. With equal constancy
and application he developed into true magnificence his techniques of etching,
drypoint and aquatint.
Lin Bloomfield began her research for The Complete Etchings of Norman
Lindsay in 1992 at the Mitchell Library in Sydney which then extended
to numerous public libraries, galleries and private collections, resulting
in the most thorough study of Lindsay's original etchings ever undertaken.
The fully illustrated catalogues raisonné of his 175 unpublished
and 200 published etchings trace his development from the first tentative
beginning in 1897 to the maturity of his etched line in the 1920s and 1930s.
The illuminative text with over 160 illustrations complements the catalogues
raisonné, weaving into the book insights into Lindsay's technique,
the books he illustrated with original etchings and the etched bookplates.
Among the highlights of the volume are chapters on the published and unpublished
etchings. These chapters contribute to a deeper understanding of Lindsay's
philosophy and outline the source of inspiration for many of the etchings.
More than simply another art reference book, this handsome volume documents
vividly the intricate artistic, financial and business practices that shaped
the complex working relationship between the artist and his printmaker
partner Rose, and their galleries, dealers and publishers. It traces the
history of the galleries from 1918 to the present, quoting comprehensively
from contemporary reviews. Sales and marketing are discussed, together
with a table of comparative prices. A chapter on the facsimile etchings
is also included.
The importance of this book for all lovers of Lindsay's art, for all connoisseurs,
collectors, art historians, dealers, graphic artists and students will
be immediately apparent. It is a major addition to the Lindsay literature
and to the literature of printmaking in the 20th century. |
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THE
COMPLETE ETCHINGS OF NORMAN LINDSAY 1998 1st Edition (edition will not be reprinted)
550 copies printed (500 for sale)
480 pages
30.0 x 24.3 cm page size
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Foreword: Jane Lindsay
Publishers: Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery
Hardcover, leather bound, leather slipcase, black and white
A
Norman Lindsay Facsimile Etching The Artist is included in the de luxe edition. The
Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay was the winner of the Australian
Sixteenth National Print Gold Award for two and three colour printing,
judged to be 'consistent in colour, register and imposition. A worthy
winner in a high standard category'.
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NORMAN
LINDSAY: OIL PAINTINGS 1889-1969 2006 1st Edition (edition will not be reprinted)
550 copies printed
308 pages
30.0 x 24.3 cm page size
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Essays: Norman Lindsay and Douglas Stewart
Hardcover, dustjacket, colour and black and white
Over
a period of eighty years Australian artist Norman Alfred Williams Lindsay
(1879-1969) painted in oils. Apart from the classical portraits and single
figure nudes Lindsay painted from life, he garned the content of his oils
from many sources. These include his own imaginings; writers and poets
whose work he admired; historical events; Greek and Roman mythology; piracy
and the Spanish Main and his abhorrence of war.
This volume contains one hundred and eighty oil paintings in full colour
including one hundred featured oils, from his first known attempt at age
ten to his last, a month before his death. Two hundred and fifty additional
supplementary works in a variety of media are reproduced together with
over 55,000 words of text.
Norman Lindsay: Oil Paintings 1889-1969 is an important
and overdue addition to Lindsay literature. |
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NORMAN
LINDSAY: OIL PAINTINGS 1889-1969 2006 1st Edition (edition will not be reprinted)
550 copies printed (500 for sale)
308 pages
30.0 x 24.3 cm page size
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Essays: Norman Lindsay and Douglas Stewart
Hardcover, leather bound, leather slipcase, colour and black and white
A photograph of the oil painting The Vanities is included in the de luxe edition.
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NORMAN LINDSAY: ARTFUL CATS
2001 1st Edition
5,000 copies printed
144 pages
27.4 x 20.9 cm page size
Introduction: Meg Stewart
Hardcover, no dustjacket, colour and black and white
From
the far-off days of his boyhood at Creswick until his death in 1969,
Norman Lindsay was a keen observer and lover of cats. During his last
three decades at Springwood it could be said that he collected cats of
all descriptions; many roamed in the sheds, stables, garden and bushland,
with a few in the house. Only one was specially chosen to be the Studio
Cat.
Norman Lindsay: Artful Cats contains picture which
have never before been published and rare family photographs
from the Lindsay and Stewart estates. There are drawings
and paintings of cats in all guises, with particular emphasis
on Studio Cat Fuzz Buzz, Cat Stories and the wonderful
Whimsical Cats, all of which display the full range of
Norman's wit and imagination. The chapter of letters from
Norman to Margaret Coen and Met Stewart provides a rare
insight into Norman's empathy with his cat family.
Liberally illustrated in both colour and black and
white, Artful Cats is
the definitive book on Norman Lindsay's cats and a must for every cat lover.
Meg Stewart, filmmaker turned journalist, author and cat person, is the
daughter of artist Margaret Coen and poet Douglas Stewart. For the first
six years of her life, she lived in what had earlier been the painting
studio of Norman Lindsay at 12 Bridge Street, Sydney. During her childhood
and teenage years, she was a frequent visitor to the Springwood retreat
of the Lindsays and had a personal acquaintance with, at least, some of
it fabled tribe of cats.
Meg Stewart's own literary output includes the biography
of Margaret Coen, Autobiography
of My Mother and the art book Margaret Coen: A Passion for Painting,
as well as fiction writing. Her first novel was Modern Men Don't Shift
Fridges, published in 1999 and her most recent, The Dream Life of
Harry Moon, was published in 2001. |
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PORTRAIT
OF PA
2007
2,000 copies printed
216 pages
19.8 x 12.8 cm page size
Author: Jane Lindsay
Softcover, black and white
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had grown up with him operating like a one-man picture factory in the
studio across the garden. Etchings, pen drawings, watercolours, oil paintings,
novels, ship models, statues, articles and essays were turned out with
demoniac abandon …
Jane Lindsay writes about her father, Norman Lindsay, with affection
and honesty. Her down to earth attitude to the man people called a genius
is as refreshing as it is revealing. As Jane Lindsay said ‘genius
is hard to recognise at close quarters’.
She describes the comings and goings of parents, friends and lovers with
humour and wry observation of life at Springwood from the 1920s until Lindsay’s
death in 1969. |
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ROSE
LINDSAY: A MODEL LIFE 2001 1st Edition (edition will not be reprinted)
1,000 copies printed
392 pages
27.4 x 20.9 cm page size
Author: Rose Lindsay
Editor: Lin Bloomfield
Hardcover, no dustjacket, colour and black and white
Rose
Lindsay's memoirs Ma and Pa: My Childhood Memories and Model
Wife: My Life with Norman Lindsay were first published in 1963 and
1967 respectively and both are now rare books Here for the first time they
are published in one volume, Rose Lindsay: A Model Life.
In Ma and Pa, Rose, in effect, writes a history of the Sydney suburb
of Longueville during the 1890s and early 1900s. The book is peopled with
unforgettable real-life characters and illustrated with Rose's own quirky
pen and ink illustrations. Funny and touching, Ma and Pa is the
warm-hearted story of one family's life in Sydney, the constant struggle
for survival and the resilience of Ma who kept an ever watchful eye on
her brood of nine children.
Model Wife traces Rose through her early modelling days, her meeting
with Norman Lindsay, their life together in Sydney and Springwood and their
travels to England and America. Apart from the intimate details of Rose's
life with Norman, this book is peppered with the artistic and literary
figures of the day: among others Dame Nellie Melba, Anna Pavlova, Fritz
Kreisler, Julian Ashton, Elioth Gruner, Hans Heysen, Miles Franklin, H.
G. Wells, Fanny Hurst, Edna Ferber and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Rose emerged from humble beginnings to become a woman of style and substance
with enormous strength of character. She was model and wife of Norman Lindsay
(one of Australia's most controversial and best known artists), master
printmaker, business woman and mother of two. Rose Lindsay should rightfully
be regarded as one of the outstanding female personalities of twentieth
century Australia.
A Model Life is packed with wonderful stories from the
past, richly illustrated and written with Rose's dry sense of
humour and irrepressible joie de vivre. |
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THE
MAGIC PUDDING: THE ADVENTURES OF BUNYIP BLUEGUM 2008
228 pages
24.5 x 22.8 cm page size
Author: Norman Lindsay
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Hardcover, dustjacket, colour and black and white
The
Magic Pudding was first cooked in 1918 and thousands of children
(and their parents) have been relishing it ever since. Norman Lindsay's
timeless classic follows the adventures of debonair young koala Bunyip
Bluegum, sailor Bill Barnacle and penguin Sam Sawnoff — owners
of the much-desired Magic Pudding' Albert — who try to outwit
Possum and Wombat, the professional and extraordinarily persistent
pudding'-thieves.
Norman Lindsay's unique combination of literary and artistic
brilliance with quintessential Australian humour, makes
this book shine as brightly today as it did when it was
first published.
This new edition reflects the original edition, but features
a fresh, colourful design to appeal to today's reader. All
the original artwork has been rescanned and the detail in the
line is exquisite. This beautiful edition also includes an
extensive, illustrated biography of Norman Lindsay, as well
as fascinating letters between author and publisher, and reviews
of the first edition.
For all puddin' fanciers, and those who have not yet tasted
this puddin's magic delights, this book will be something definitely
worth savouring.
This 90th birthday commemorative edition also includes a short
biography on Norman Lindsay by his granddaughter Helen Glad;
reviews of the First Edition, published in 1918; letters and
documents reproduced from the publisher's archives; and, Puddin'
Recipes.
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NORMAN
LINDSAY: WATERCOLOURS 1897–1969 2003 1st Edition (will not be reprinted)
500 copies printed (500 for sale)
312 pages
30.0 x 24.3 cm page size
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Essay: Norman Lindsay
Hardcover, dustjacket, colour and black and white
Over
a period of seventy years Australian artist Norman Alfred Williams Lindsay
(1879–1969) painted rare and wonderful watercolours. One hundred
and thirty-five featured watercolours are reproduced in this volume together
with over twenty supplementary watercolours and over one hundred and twenty
additional works in a variety of media.
Sixteen public galleries across every state and territory in Australia are represented
as well as a selection of watercolours from private collection.
These watercolours are a microcosm of his inspiration. Norman was an aesthete
who rarely found his material in the reality of the present but in a spiritual
return to times past. Apart from the nudes and portraits he painted from life,
he garnered the content of his art from many sources. These include his own imaginings;
the writers, poets and composers he most admired; his keen sense of humour; piracy
and the Spanish Main; Greek and Roman mythology; the Bible; the hypocrisy of
the times in which he lived and his abhorrence of war. All are represented here.
The importance of this major addition to Lindsay literature for all lovers
of Lindsay’s art will be immediately apparent. |
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NORMAN
LINDSAY: WATERCOLOURS 1897–1969
2003 1st Edition (will not be reprinted)
550 copies printed (500 for sale)
312 pages
30.0 x 24.3 cm page size
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Essay: Norman Lindsay
Hardcover, leather bound, leather slipcase, colour and black and white
A photograph of the watercolour The Presentation is included in the de luxe edition. |
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