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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creator of
Arrest of Governor Bligh
 
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Chez DF
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No Room at the Inn
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Beach Bikies
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Birthday Party
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An alphabet of owls et cetera: with a text suitable for all children, grown-ups, non-readers, ornamental hermits, et alia
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Works on paper
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Artists' Book, Owls
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http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3275581

Melbourne: Gryphon Books, limited edition of 150 copies, [27] p.: ill.; 45 cm.

 
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The surprising adventures of blue-eyed Patty, the valiant female soldier
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Artists' Book
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http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3025365

Melbourne: Croft Press, limited edition of 250 copies, [20] p.: ill.; 21 cm.

 
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Courtesy of: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Boy with Guitar
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Oil on canvas

50 × 39.5cm

 
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'"I see you admire my orchids, Colonel!"
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"There goes Ellen, off to her war work"
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Life is so rich
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"Something always happens when we picnic - Last year Annie sat on an ants' nest!"
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"I always say, the world would be a very dull place if we all thought alike"
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"And now that the seance is concluded, Madame Zara, I wonder if you would be good enough to de-materialise Bacchus and Venus before we have our tea?"
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"Now play something from Saties' Le fils des etoiles"
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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.)'.>]