Percy Grainger b. 1882

  • Designer
While Grainger was a noted musician and composer, he also designed and built mechanical music machines, created sculpture, painted in watercolour and explored alternative styles of dress and adornment. Much of his collection can be found in the Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, Victoria.
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exhibited at
Facing Percy Grainger
Date
25 October 2007 - 3 February 2008
Place
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Vic.
Description

This exhibition plots Percy Grainger’s passionate forays into costume design, drawing, painting, linguistics, Nordic folklore, museology, and vegetarianism, in addition to the manuscripts and published editions of his musical compositions and arrangements.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fromyear/2001/toyear/2012/exhib-date/2007-10-25/exhib/facing-percy-grainger

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