Kathleen O'Connor, artist in exile, (1987) 1967-87

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Component identifier:
Series 8
Content Summary:

'Kathleen (Kate) O'Connor (1876-1968) is arguably the most important painter to have emerged from Western Australia, and undeniably a major Australian artist'. She spent a large part of her life in Paris and in 1955 returned to Perth. Max Harris refers to Kate as 'one of the great Australian impressionists'.

In a joint project Lewis wrote O'Connor's biography and P. AE. Hutchings wrote about O'Connor's artistic development.

This series includes Lewis' research papers relating to her biography of Kathleen O'Connor. There are Lewis' research enquiry letters and some replies, Lewis' transcripts and notes about O'Connor's letters, research and interview notes, typescripts, a scrapbook of publicity material, reviews, a few congratulatory letters and photographs of O'Connor and her artwork.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection was purchased by the Library from Julie Lewis in 1996.

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Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn541691).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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