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Leonard French : the boy from Brunswick : a biography

by Leonard French, Reg MacDonald

A biography of Australian artist Leonard French, creator of the National Gallery of Victoria's stained-glass ceiling. It chronicles his rise to fame, his public disputes with the art establishment, and his subsequent withdrawal to Central Victoria in 1974.

Accession 25990 ISBN 9781925801392 Publisher Australian Scholarly Publishing
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