Norman Lindsay is a Worthy Australian Artist

Born in the small Victorian town of Creswick on the 22nd February 1879, Norman Alfred William Lindsay was fated to grown into an Australian icon and one of the countries most celebrated and controversial artists. His father was Robert Charles William Alexander Lindsay, a physician and his mother was Jane Elizabeth Lindsay. He had a total of 10 siblings among them four sisters and 5 brothers that included Percy and Lionel, also successful painters in their own right. His status as an artist has survived the trial of time and well into the 21st Century his works continue to be keenly searched after by both Australian and International art lovers alike. Norman possessed a great number of talents along with a mind that would certainly insight talk and debate regarding many of his political ideas and also how he pictured them in his paintings. Lindsay was a an individual with numerous artist abilities in addition to being highly successful as an oil painter, water-colourist, author, pencil drawer, cartoonist and sculptor.

Lindsay generated a massive amount of artworks in a number of media like oils, watercolours, etchings and pencil drawings. Norman Lindsay was also a proficient author and his kids book, The Magic Pudding, is actually still in demand nowadays. Yet definitely not all of his writings achieved well-accepted recognition, his book titled ‘Redheap’ had been forbidden for its controversial subject material. Probably his most well noted early on professions was as an illustrator for the Bulletin newspaper. During his time at the The Bulletin Lindsay was in a position to express the political ideas of the publication together with his own which were often regarded as racist and also incredibly right winged. Some of the characters which appeared repeatedly in his cartoons were the Red Menace and the Yellow Peril. His political view was frequently illustrated in his artwork. Obviously Lindsay is also acknowledged as having a preference for the erotic like voluptuos naked models. He was famous to his good friends to be a hard working worker constantly working on one artwork or another.

His creativity was passed onto other artists of the time as he resided within very humble surrounds as an artist and was able to function as one, using his drawing of cartoons and creation of etchings to come up with a huge variety of artworks. His talent is acknowledged for writing, splendid statues and tremendous watercolour paintings.While unwell as a child he taught himself to sketch. He additionally had two brothers and a sister that were artists also, later he and his brother, Lionel, moved to Melbourne to work for an alternative publication.

But it wasn’t very long before both Norman and Lionel submitted their resignations from their Melbourne jobs and travelled north in order to work at the Sydney Bulletin. Their assignments had them operating as artists, drawing caricatures, cartoons and pictures to go into the magazine. Every bit as talented his brother, Lionel, worked and did just about all the same jobs as Norman yet he possessed a knack for stirring up things with his art. One of Norman Lindsay’s pen drawings called Crucified Venus was removed from an art exhibit when it was regarded as questionable. Eventually the art was returned to the show the moment the President of the Society of Artists threatened to take out all the other paintings if it was not returned.

Norman Lindsay was married twice, his first wife Catherine eventually left him in 1909 and he remarried in 1920 to Rose who had been one of his models. Rose had been a well-liked model but she was also an extremely good businesswoman and can be credited for a large amount of of Norman’s success. She oversaw his work and due to the fact Norman Lindsay was constantly moving onto his next piece after he finished one, she rapidly accumulated an impressive collection a large number of of which has now been preserved. So well known and prominent is the Norman Lindsay brand that his artworks are displayed in the big Australian art galleries and hold pride of place in numerous individual homes and company offices. Dealers often offer a wide range of Norman Lindsay works of art and the big demand has seen a constant increase in valuations over the years. Norman Lindsay died in 1969 and will definitely valued as one of Australia’s most significant and most controversial artists.

Whether you are an Investor, Collector or Lover of Art work you can discover more about the extraordinary life and art of Norman Lindsay via the internet. Check out Jamie Horne’s website NormanLindsay.net that is dedicated to this dazzling Australian artist.