Donald Friend - artist, author, wit, 1915-1989: the prodigal Australian

Australia, 1990

Film
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An insight into the life, work and character of the enigmatic Australian artist Donald Friend.

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Credits

producer/director

Don Bennetts

production company

AFFC

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1990

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303479

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Friend, Donald, 1915-1989

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

History → History

People → Friend, Donald, 1915-1989

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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