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Norman Lindsay

(Australia 23 Feb 1879–21 Nov 1969)

Title
Dionysus
Other titles:
Dionysus. Illustration to the 'Forerunner' by Merejkowski
Year
1908
Media category
Drawing
Materials used
pen and ink
Dimensions

53.0 x 47.7cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated u.r. "NORMAN LINDSAY -08-".
Credit
Purchased 1918
Accession number
161
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (8)

Author Unknown (Author), Third International Contemporary Art Exhibition, India, 1957. cat.no. 31

Author Unknown (Author), Pen Drawings of Norman Lindsay, Sydney, 1918. plate no. III. Entry dated 1905.

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 40] 15 Oct 1931, 15 Oct 1931. plate no. 13. Entry as "Dionysus. Illustration to `The Forerunner' by Merejkowski".

Author Unknown (Author), (Volume I), 179 (illus.). Author of the book is possibly Moore. Entry as "Dionysus. Norman Lindsay. National Gallery, Sydney."

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, Domain, Sep 1989, 28, 30 (illus.), 64.

William Moore (Australia, b.1868, d.1937) (Author), The story of Australian art from the earliest known art of the continent to the art of today (Vol. 1), Sydney, 1934, illus..

Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), Place, taste and tradition: a study of Australian art since 1788, South Melbourne, 1979, 168, 169 (illus.). plate no. 60

Lionel Lindsay (Australia, b.1874, d.1961) (Author), 150 years of Australian art, Sydney, 1938. not paginated, cat.no. 558 [Gallery No.5], titled 'Dionysos'

Exhibition history (2)

Third International Contemporary Art Exhibition, India 1957, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1957–1957.

Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art 1890's-1930's, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Oct 1989–26 Nov 1989.