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Plein Airs and Graces

Plein Airs and Graces

The life and times of George Collingridge

Adrian Mitchell

Plein Airs and Graces examines the extraordinary life of George Collingridge de Tourcey, a landscape painter of the late nineteenth century, just ahead of the Australian impressionists. When he emigrated from France to Australia he grew passionate about the possibilities of his new country, and worked tirelessly to contribute to it - not least for his Discovery of Australia (1895), in which on the evidence of ancient maps he argued controversially for Portuguese and Hispanic pre-discovery of Australia.

Includes 28 full-colour illustrations.

Shortlisted for the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Awards in the Non-fiction category

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Adrian Mitchell was born in Adelaide, and for many years taught and published in Australian literature, at the University of Adelaide and then at the University of Sydney, where he remains an Honorary Research Associate. His interest now is in retrieving the stories of those who have been passed over or forgotten, and in finding new ways of re-presenting them.

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IMAGES   24 pp colour illustrations
PAGE COUNT   264
DIMENSIONS   235 x 160 mm