Autobiography Of My Mother

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An intimate portrait of an artist by the author of the bestselling Far From a Still Life, Meg Stewart. This delightful biography of Australian painter Margaret Coen is written by her daughter, Meg Stewart, the highly acclaimed biographer of Margaret Olley. Margaret Coen was born into an era when it wasn't easy for a woman to forge an artistic career. Yet she survived as a commercial artist during the Depression, joining Sydney's bohemian set in their sketch clubs and raucous studio parties. She became close friends with Norman Lindsay and married poet Douglas Stewart, which immediately gave her entree into Sydney's literary circles of the time. Meg tells her mother's story, first published twenty years ago, in Margaret's voice, with a stream of anecdotes and personal details that build a captivating picture of her life, and of Australian social and artistic history in this era. Meg has also written a fascinating new chapter on her mother's relationship with Norman Lindsay.

MEG STEWART, filmmaker, journalist, and author, is the daughter of artist Margaret Coen and poet Douglas Stewart. Her writing includes a biography of Margaret Coen, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER, and the art book MARGARET COEN: A PASSION FOR PAINTING. Her first novel, MODERN MEN DON'T SHIFT FRIDGES, was published in 1999 by Hodder Headline and her most recent, THE DREAM LIFE OF HARRY MOON, was published by Sceptre in 2001. In 2005 her biography of Margaret Olley, FAR FROM A STILL LIFE, was published, which went on to become a highly acclaimed bestseller.