Donald Friend

Australia, 1975

Film
A still image from Donald Friend

Episode of Series “The Painters, the sculptors: archival art series”.
Donald Friend tells of a life spent in such varied locations as northern Queensland, Africa, Ceylon, rural New South Wales and his beloved Bali, and the influences these places had on his art. He also talks of his friendship with many contemporary artists including Russell Drysdale and William Dobell.

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Credits

production company

Australia Council

Smart St Films

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1975

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Group of items

The Painters, the sculptors: archival art series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302687

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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