NEW BOOKS FOR SALE |
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. Apart from the visual arts,
author and editor Lin Bloomfield's other major interests include world
politics, archaeology and travel. In 1973 Lin founded Bloomfield Galleries
in Sydney, first at Crows Nest and then in Paddington from 1975 to 1994.
In 1995 the gallery operated from premises in North Sydney and in 2000
moved to Bungendore, New South Wales. Lin has served on several arts boards
including the Board of Governors, New South Wales Institute of the Arts
and the Advisory Board of the National Trust Norman Lindsay Gallery and
Museum. 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'.
We also have books which are written by our artists such as Alasdair McGregor's Frank Hurley: A Photographer's Life and most recently, Renee Free's book titled The Art of Frank Hinder.
Freight is on a per order basis only and Bec is the only
one who knows the ins and outs of Australia Post! Let her work
it out for you - phone (02) 6238 0720 or email askus@odana.com.au to
get an idea of what you'll be up for. |
| FRANK HINDER |
THE ART OF FRANK HINDER
1st Edition
2011
180 pages
Author: Renee Free
Publisher: Enid Hawkins with Phillip Mathews Book Publishers
Hardcover, dustjacket, sewn, colour and black and white
Frank Hinder's life spans the 20th century, 1906–1992. His work has a range wide in subject matter — Australian life, city and transport, war, theatre, fauna. It has a range wide in styles, including semi-abstract, abstract, representational; and a range wide in media, including pencil, watercolour, tempera, acrylic, oil, luminal kinetics and prints.
His career involved unique training in Dynamic Symmetry in America. He returned to Sydney as a fine draughtsman, aware of modern movements and ready to join the modern artists who had been schooled in Cubism in France.
Hinder is linked with Grace Crowley and Ralph Balson as one of the Sydney Modernists of the 1930s and 1940s. His interest in Dynamism — uniting moments and movements into a single harmonious relationship — distinguished his work. Major pre-war semi-abstracts including Dog Gymkhana, Rhythm – Fishermen Hauling Nets, and P&O Liner Leaving the Quay.
After the war, in which he served in the Camouflage unit, (and painted Bomber Crash from personal experience), he continued his pre-war Wynyard series: he developed it into his major theme of post-war darkness, but with the seeds of illumination and re-emerging beauty and light. This under-ground Wynyard series climaxed with the Subway Escalator in 1953, the year of his most complex semi-abstracts, including Jesus of Nazareth and Wet Night Traffic. In 1952, Hinder won the Blake prize with Flight into Egypt.
During the second half of the 20th century, he devoted himself to abstract art, to make visible modern scientific and philosophic thought. Like philosophers from the Pythagoreans to the present, like scientists from the early Greek thinkers to Einstein and beyond, he believed in the connectedness of everything, in the harmony of the universe. Dynamic Symmetry showed relationship, the design of everything as a part of the whole. Light in colour of paint, and then light in rhythms in light boxes, came to symbolise beauty and human intelligence taken to its limits. The final decade saw an integration of semi-abstracts and luminous abstracts in paintings where matter dissolved into energy, vibrations, memory.
Renee Free gained a BA in Sydney in 1956 and a post-graduate diploma in the history of art from the Courtauld Institute, London University in 1961. After living briefly in Italy, she joined the Art Gallery of New South Wales as Assistant in 1966. She retired as Senior Curator of European Art in 1996.
Renee first interviewed Frank Hinder in 1966, for Daniel Thomas' exhibition of Balson, Crowley, Hinder, Fizelle. It was the start of a thirty-year friendship with Hinder and his wife Margel, a distinguished sculptor. This ultimately led to the joint Hinder Retrospective at the AGNSW in 1980, the website of Hinder's work, www.frankinder.com.au and this book.
Renee Free has written books, catalogues and essays on Lloyd Rees, James Gleeson and Tony Tuckson and on the European collection of the AGNSW.
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FRANK HINDER:
LITHOGRAPHS
1978
Edition: 1st (de luxe) — 155 (140 for sale)
Pages: 156
Editor: Lin Bloomfield
Introduction: John Henshaw
Cloth bound, foil blocked, hardcover, slipcase, sewn, colour and black
and white
Frank
Hinder, a pioneer of Australian abstraction, commands a prominent position
in the history of Australian art. The many facets of his experiences
inspired the diversity of his themes; this diversity was embodied to
a large extent in his lithographs which reveal an originality of concept
combined with painstaking craftsmanship. Frank's first series of lithographs
dating from 1939 to 1961 total 78. His bird and animal studies range
from the realistic (Two Cats, Frogmouth Family) to the abstract
(Waterbird, Cat and Kittens) and other themes reflect those of
his paintings (Lake Fisherman, Subway, Christ Is With Us, Advance
and River Bank).
Frank Hinder: Lithographs is an indispensable book
for any art library and contains 37 full page black and white
plates, 9 full page colour plates, 16 pages of working drawings
and a fully illustrated catalogue raisonné.
The
De Luxe Limited Edition includes an original, tipped-in numbered lithograph
signed by Frank Hinder. The book itself is numbered and signed by Frank
and comes in a cloth slipcase. Six original lithographs were commissioned
for the De Luxe Edition: Aerial, Buoyant, Gray Harmony, The Lithographer,
Noontide and Rainbow Lorikeets. The Lithographer is
no longer available. |
Noontide 1978
18.2 x 12.8 cm
Edition 30 |
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Aerial 1978
18.4 x 14.5 cm
Edition 16 |
Buoyant 1978
18.6 x 14.2 cm
Edition 28 |
Grey Harmony 1978
17.9 x 13.4 cm
Edition 30 |
| L. ROY DAVIES |
L. Roy Davies
was born in Sydney in 1897. The works reproduced in this book,
particularly those done in the 1920s, strongly evoke a feeling
of the period. Craftsmanship, and a high degree of technical skill,
is evident in the wood engraving of L Roy Davies. Very few of his
contemporaries attained such mastery in the medium (a notable exception
being Sir Lionel Lindsay), and certainly there is no artist today
producing comparable prints.
A wood engraving is made by incising lines with a tool in the end grain of a
hard wood block, while a woodcut is made by cutting the image with a knife on
a plank of softwood. The distinction has long been a source of controversy amongst
those interested in the medium, but close perusal will enable the reader to readily
identify the two variations of this type of relief printing.
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. Apart
from the visual arts, author and editor Lin Bloomfield's other major interests
include world politics, archaeology and travel. In 1973 Lin founded Bloomfield
Galleries in Sydney, first at Crows Nest and then in Paddington
from 1975 to 1994. In 1995 the gallery operated from premises in
North Sydney and in 2000 moved to Bungendore, New South Wales.
Lin has served on several arts boards including the Board of Governors,
New South Wales Institute of the Arts and the Advisory Board of
the National Trust Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum. 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'. |
| Introduction to 'Graven Images' |
To
feel the sunshine on my skin, the wind in my hair, the rain on
my face:
To tramp the good earth from sunrise to dusk and pitch camp beside
a talkative stream. To paddle a canoe all day along an ever changing
waterway or skirt the foreshores of an unfrequented lake:
To sail with one or two good pals in my small yacht along the coast,
and at evening, drop anchor in some quiet sandy bay with wooded hills:
To pack a few things on a bicycle and tour the countryside; never
hurrying, believing it is better to travel than to arrive; lingering
when and where I like in order to drink the beauty of this mellow
land, this lovely land of warm grey harmonies.
These things please me exceedingly. They constitute my bribe for
living, and to more fully enjoy them I carry a sketch-book and make
marks on paper to engrave and impress images of some of the setting
on my mind.
And in town, between trips, it is splendid fun reliving and rebuilding
images of the precious past. For to enjoy recollection of one's former
days is to live twice.
Hoping others might care to
share my images I have engraved them on wood, so than when ink
is applied, and the face of the blocks are pressed on paper, my
Graven Images are revealed.
L. Roy Davies |
L. ROY DAVIES:
WOOD ENGRAVINGS
1978
1st Edition (De Luxe only), 160 copies
124 pages
Editor: Lin Bloomfield
Foreword: Conal Coad
Introduction: Ron Radford
Cloth bound, foil blocked, hardcover, slipcase, sewn, black and white
Inclusion: Original wood engraving by L. Roy Davies
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Knucklebone Hall
1924
7.2 x 10.1 cm
Edition 50 |
| FRANK HURLEY |
FRANK HURLEY: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S
LIFE
1st Edition
2004
460 pages
Editor: Alasdair McGregor
Publisher: Penguin Australia
Hardcover, dustjacket, sewn, black and white
Awards: This book was one of four shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Literary
Prize for non-fiction 2005
'He
... is an absolute artist in the way he selects his subjects.
He is a warrior with his camera and would go anywhere or do anything to
get a picture.'
Lionel Greenstreet, First Officer
Shackleton's Endurance Expedition
Frank Hurley was once a household name in Australia. Now most famous for
his photographs of the Mawson and Shackleton (Endurance) Antarctic
expeditions, he was also a visual chronicler of many of the major events
of the twentieth century and of a rapidly disappearing non-Western world.
He was an official photographer in two world wars, a pioneering documentary-maker,
participant in early feats of aviation, and cinematographer on major Australian
feature films of the 1930s, including The Squatter's Daughter and The
Silence of Dean Maitland. At the height of his fame he even knocked
on Hollywood's doors. In his later years, he travelled the length and breadth
of his country to produce illustrated books that eulogised Australia and
its people.
Hurley was a man of ceaseless energy and unbounded enthusiasm for his craft,
an enigmatic and sometimes contradictory character
— a loner who courted publicity, a curmudgeonly perfectionist, a
pragmatic sentimentalist. He craved adventure, excitement and accolades,
often forsaking his family and business commitments to travel and work
all over the globe.
In this comprehensive new biography, with over 100 photographs including
never-before-published Hurley images and other rarely seen material from
the family archive and Hurley's lesser-known adventures, Alasdair McGregor
vividly describes the character, achievements and disappointments of a
driven and remarkable Australian.
Painter, photographer and one-time architect,
Alasdair McGregor is the author of The Kimberley: Horizons of Stone,
Australia's Wild Islands (both with Quentin Chester) and Mawson's
Huts: An Antarctic Expedition Journal. He was artist and photographer
for three AAP Mawson's Huts Foundation expeditions to Antarctica, and
in 2000 was curator (for the Australian High Commission to Canada)
of '... that sweep of splendour': A Century of Australians in Antarctica,
a travelling exhibition featuring the photography of Frank Hurley.
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| BLANK NOTEBOOKS FOR SALE |
| Christian
Botella has been photographing and filming the wonders of the Great Barrier
Reef for the past fifteen years. His passion is to capture the beauty of
this underwater World Heritage site. Christian took these photographs when on
Haba Dive, Port Douglas. This company is a multiple tourism award winner
and a leading cruise operator for the Great Barrier Reef. |
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CLOWN FISH WITH ANEMONE
Photographer: Christian Botella
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
128 blank pages
Illustrated boards, hardcover, sewn, colour cover
Page size: 21.1 x 15.2 cm
The Clown Fish and its anemone
reflect a perfect harmonious and symbiotic relationship. timid and charming,
the Clown Fish takes himself quite seriously.
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SCISSORTAIL SERGEANT FISH WITH BRANCHING CORAL
Photographer: Christian Botella
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
128 blank pages
Illustrated boards, hardcover, sewn, colour cover
Page size: 21.1 x 15.2 cm
Branching coral radiates an aura of Scissortail
Sergeant Fish ready to hide within the safety of the interlaced branches
when threatened. |
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WALLY THE MAORI
WRASSE
Photographer: Christian Botella
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
128 blank pages
Illustrated boards, hardcover, sewn, colour cover
Page size: 21.1 x 15.2 cm
Called a Maori Wrasse due to the tattoo
like markings on his face, Wally is a curious, friendly, large fish with
a real personality. |
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CATALOGUES FOR SALE |
| Odana
Editions has published a number of books and catalogues 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. Apart from the visual arts, author and editor Lin Bloomfield's
other major interests include world politics, archaeology and
travel. In 1973 Lin founded Bloomfield Galleries in Sydney, first
at Crows Nest and then in Paddington from 1975 to 1994. In 1995
the gallery operated from premises in North Sydney and in 2000
moved to Bungendore, New South Wales. Lin has served on several
arts boards including the Board of Governors, New South Wales
Institute of the Arts and the Advisory Board of the National
Trust Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum. 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'. |
| FRANK HINDER |
ASPECTS OF FRANK HINDER
July 1986, July 1987, July 1988
20.9 x 14.1 cm
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Aspects
of Frank Hinder exhibitions were held at Bloomfield Galleries,
Paddington each year for five years from 1984 to 1988. They focused
on different aspects of Frank's work which included:
Abstracts 1938-1985 — 1986 exhibition
Pages: 3 (not including cover); not illustrated
Social Comment 1931-1987 — 1987 exhibition
Pages: 4 (not including cover); not illustrated
Work for the Theatre 1935-1965 and Lithographs 1946-1982 —
1988 exhibition
Pages: 8 (not including cover); not illustrated |
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FRANK HINDER CATALOGUE
May 1999
32 pages (not including cover)
20.9 x 14.8 cm
Authors: Lin and Jane Bloomfield
44 illustrations (20 colour; 24 black and white)
This
catalogue details many of Frank Hinder's Second Series of lithographs
dating from 1977 to 1983. |
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| ABORIGINAL ART |
SURVEY
OF ABORIGINAL ART: THE HERMANNSBURG WATERCOLOURISTS 1938–1988
June 1989
8 pages (fold out)
29.6 x 20.8 cm
Author: Lin Bloomfield
12 illustrations (10 colour; 2 black and white)
Payment for this catalogue is forwarded to Mission Australia as a donation. |
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SURVEY
OF ABORIGINAL ART: BARK PAINTINGS
July 1989
8 pages (fold out)
29.6 x 20.8 cm
Author: Lin Bloomfield
9 illustrations (8 colour; 1 black and white)
Payment for this catalogue is forwarded to Mission Australia as a donation. |
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SURVEY
OF ABORIGINAL ART: CONTEMPORARY
August 1989
8 pages (fold out)
29.6 x 20.8 cm
Author: Lin Bloomfield
13 illustrations (12 colour; 1 black and white)
Payment for this catalogue is forwarded to Mission Australia as a donation. |
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| W.E. (BILL) PIDGEON |
W.E. PIDGEON WAR PAINTINGS 1943–1945
March 1988
28 pages (not including cover)
29.6 x 20.9 cm
Author: Lin Bloomfield
Foreword: Hal Missingham
46 illustrations (15 colour; 31 black and white) |
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| RALPH BALSON |
RALPH
BALSON AND JAMES CLIFFORD: PAINTINGS
June 1994
24 pages (not including cover)
20.9 x 29.9 cm
Author: Geoffrey Legge, Watters Gallery
22 illustrations (20 colour; 2 black and white)
This
catalogue was produced for an exhibition of Ralph Balson and James
Clifford's paintings which was held at Watters Gallery, Paddington
and Savode, Brisbane. |
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| LIMITED EDITION ART BOOKS |
AUSTRALIAN LIMITED EDITION ART BOOKS 1973—1983
April 1984
32 pages (not including cover)
27.4 x 21.8 cm
Author: Robert Holden
8 illustrations (black and white)
This
catalogue was a limited edition catalogue of 1,000 numbered copies
and was produced for an exhibition held at Bloomfield Galleries,
Paddington.
During the period 1973–1983 there were
three limited edition books published on Norman Lindsay — Norman
Lindsay: Two Hundred Etchings (Angus
& Robertson, 1973), Tales from the Heptameron of Marguerite of
Navarre (Melbourne University Press, 1976) and Micomicana (Melbourne
University Press, 1979) which are listed in this catalogue. |
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