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Donald Friend b. 1915

Also known as Donald Stuart Leslie Friend

Artist (Painter),
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)

Mid 20th century painter, cartoonist and author. Friend's wartime cartoons and story illustrations appeared in 'Australia: National Journal and Australia Week-end Book 1' (1942).

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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

Website

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.

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The Special Collections, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, comprise some 200,000 rare or historic books, serials and pamphlets and literary archives.

The McArthur Bequest (1903) was the first substantial donation to the University Library, which has been followed by, among others, the Sir Russell Grimwade, Ian McLaren and Clern Christesen collections acquired in the 1970s.

Website

http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/

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See alsos	[<ExternalResource: 'Chez DF, self-portrait, etching, c.1987'.>, <ExternalResource: 'John Olsen, 'Donald Friend Thinking', 1987, artist's proof lithograph, Sotheby's Fine Australian Paintings, 22-23 April 1996, cat. 386 (not ill.)'.>, <ExternalResource: Roberts, Timothy (2012) 'Donald Friend's life in letters', Australiana vol 34 no 3 August 2012, pp 4-8.>]	[<ExternalResource: 'Chez DF, self-portrait, etching, c.1987'.>, <ExternalResource: 'John Olsen, 'Donald Friend Thinking', 1987, artist's proof lithograph, Sotheby's Fine Australian Paintings, 22-23 April 1996, cat. 386 (not ill.)'.>]

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Donald Friend b. 1915

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic.

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