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Softcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Fine condition. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates and photographs. 143 pages. The first born in one of Australia's foremost artistic families, Percy has long been dismissed as the lazy one among talented siblings including Norman and Lionel, with little lasting recognition of his sensitive landscapes and phenomenal career as a âblack and whiteâ artist. In this first book on the life of Percy Lindsay, Silas Clifford-Smith sheds new light on an artist who was admired by his contemporaries, artists and critics alike, as well as being loved by all who met him for his warmth, humour and sense of mischief.…

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SIGNED by the author thus: "To David, Hope you enjoy the book, best wishes, Silas Clifford-Smith 11.5.11" Fine copy except from the author signing with ink transfer to inside front cover. 142pp. Signed by Author(s).

Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2011. Quarto, pictorial wrappers, pp. 143, illustrated. The only substantive biography on this talented and under-recognised painter. New copy. Christopher Menz (Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia 2005-10) reviewed the book in the June 2011 issue of Australian Book Review (ABR): 'Until now, Percy Lindsay has lacked a full biography. Here, he has been well served with a balanced assessment that presents an engaging but not particularly ambitious figure, a talented painter and draughtsman, fond of company and overfond of drink. Photographs, selected paintings, and illustrative works, along with useful appendices, including a 'who's who', exhibition listings, and illustrated book titles, make this a most practical volume, which fills a gap in biographies of Australian artists.' Art historian Stephen Scheding wrote in the November 2011 issue of Australiana [journal of the Australiana Society]: '[This is] an Australian art book that certainly deserved to be written? Biographer Silas Clifford-Smith goes about the task of restoring Percy?s reputation with marvellous enthusiasm. The project must have been a hugely daunting given the oceans of words written about the Lindsay family that needed to be waded through? It has taken some nice detective work on the part of Clifford-Smith to bring his character to life? this is a very worthwhile book and I was left with the strong feeling that we need another full-scale exhibition of Percy?s paintings.'.…