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Random House, 2004. Hardcover in Dustjacket. VG+ (Very Good plus). What is it like to be an artist in war? How does the experience of war change artists and how, in turn, has their work changed Australians' view of themselves, their country and their involvement in conflict? Award-winning journalist Scott Bevan put these questions to Australian artists who have recorded, been affected by and responded to theatres of war, including Sir William Dargie, Nora Heysen, Ray Parkin, Bruce Fletcher, Ray Beattie, Wendy Sharpe and Peter Churcher. Their stories are fascinating, painting a vivid picture of the artists' experience of depicting conflict: the hope and tragedy, inspiration and frustration, humanity and beauty that can be found amid the death and destruction of war. Staining the paper with their own sweat, and drawing with whatever materials they had to hand in hostile and dangerous environments, the artists in BATTLE LINES: AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS AT WAR risked their lives to create their art. They were…
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Battle Lines : Australian Artists at War Hardcover - 2004
by Bevan, Scott
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- Title Battle Lines : Australian Artists at War
- Author Bevan, Scott
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Random House Australia, Scoresby, VIC, Australia
- Date 2004
- ISBN 9781740512589
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