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Colours of a Life: The life and times of Douglas MacDiarmid

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by Anna Cahill
Published: 11 February, 2019 (2 years ago)
Category
Non-fiction
Author Website
http://www.douglasmacdiarmid.com
Author Bio
Anna has had a diverse writing career as a journalist, PR manager, now biographer and blogger. Colours of a Life (2018) was a challenge of time and place. The subject was in his 90s, living in Paris, when she promised him a book in his lifetime.
State or Region
Queensland - Brisbane
Type of Book
Print
Year of Publication
2018
Publisher
Mary Egan Publishing, Auckland
ISBN
978-0-473-42383-4

The lively, persuasive and colourful life story of expatriate New Zealand painter Douglas MacDiarmid (now 96) of Paris, a bisexual man forced to leave his homeland as a young man to lead a free life dedicated to art. In France, he established an international reputation as an ‘expressionist’ painter, acclaimed particularly as a superb colourist and for the diversity, technique and intellectual rigour of his paintings, while largely being ignored in his homeland.

This is the tale of a chameleon character. Of a life richly and unconventionally led, from palaces to dustbins, past tragedy to fulfilment. It is a love story on many levels – to art, relationships, life, language – as well as an inspiration to anyone looking for the courage to follow their dreams.

Colours of a Life is a 470-page, full colour, hardback biography finely illustrated with 150 paintings and photographs.

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http://www.douglasmacdiarmid.com/shop/
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