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Autobiography Of My Mother
by
Meg Stewart
An intimate portrait of an artist by the author of the bestselling Far From a Still Life, Meg Stewart.
This delightful biography of Australian painter Margaret Coen is written by her daughter, Meg Stewart, the highly acclaimed biographer of Margaret Olley. Margaret Coen was born into an era when it wasn't easy for a woman to forge an artistic career. Yet she survived as a c ...more
This delightful biography of Australian painter Margaret Coen is written by her daughter, Meg Stewart, the highly acclaimed biographer of Margaret Olley. Margaret Coen was born into an era when it wasn't easy for a woman to forge an artistic career. Yet she survived as a c ...more
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Beautifully written - story of her Mother's Artistic life (and loves) in Sydney during the 1940's - 50's. The Bohemian times. She was a great friend of Norman Lindsay.
This book is a delight! As Meg Stewart explains in the preface: "I wanted to give an account of my mother's life as she saw it, and to present the stories of her youth, which I grew up listening to and loving.”
Autobiography of My Mother is based primarily on interviews that Stewart recorded with her mother during 1982. She also drew on writings and other materials of her mother's. For me Stewart's achievement is that she has been able to maintain her mother's distinctive and quirky narrative voi ...more
Autobiography of My Mother is based primarily on interviews that Stewart recorded with her mother during 1982. She also drew on writings and other materials of her mother's. For me Stewart's achievement is that she has been able to maintain her mother's distinctive and quirky narrative voi ...more
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