Norman Alfred Williams Lindsay
- A Chronology
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| 1879 |
Born Creswick, Victoria on 22nd February, 1879 |
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| 1895 |
Removed to Melbourne and employed through his brother
Lionel as illustrator on the "Hawklet". |
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| 1897 |
Lived at Charterisville, near Heidelberg, Victoria, with brother
Lionel. |
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| Late 1890's. |
Attended life drawing classes in Melbourne organised by George
Coates |
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| 1898 |
Read Nietzsche's "Anti-Christ and Zarathustra". |
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| 1899 |
Created pen-and-ink drawings for "The Decameron". |
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| 1899 |
Married Catherine (Kate) Parkinson. |
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| 1900 |
Son Jack born 28th December. |
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| 1901 |
Removed to Lavender Bay, Sydney and joined the
staff of the "Bulletin". |
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| 1903 |
Met Rose Soady shortly before the birth of son Raymond in . |
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| 1903 |
Drew "The Scoffers", pen-and-ink. Purchased
by Bernard Hall. |
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| 1904 |
Drew "Polllice Verso, pen-and-ink. |
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| 1906 |
Began 100 cone-and-wash illustrations to "Memoirs
of Casanova" 1906. Son Philip born 1906. |
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| 1907 |
First exhibited with Society of Artists. "Pollice Verso" exhibited;
purchased by
Melbourne Art Gallery for 150 pounds. |
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| 1909 |
First wife, Catherine (Kate) leaves Norman |
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| 1909 |
To Europe. Rose followed later. In Naples began
100 pen-and-ink illustrations for Petronius" Satyricon" Visits
to South Kensington Museum stimulated interest in ship models;
made sketches
of models in the Museum's collection. |
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| 1910 |
Published Petronius "Satyricon". |
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| 1911 |
Returned to Australia. |
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| 1912 |
Published "Norman Lindsay Book 1". |
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| 1912 |
Drew "Crucified Venus",
pen-and-ink |
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| 1912 |
Settled with Rose in Artarmon for six months. Stricken
with pleurisy he completed a
ship model of Cook's "Endeavour" which was later purchased by the
National
Gallery
of
Victoria. Worked on models
during convalescence. Moved to Leura for six months and then to a house near
Faulconbridge, "Everton". Painted about 8 oil paintings 'in the glaze method'
at Harley Griffith's suggestion. |
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| 1912 |
Rose purchased house at Springwood from Francis
Foy in late. Built lower studio at the Springwood house. "Three Women" oil,
first painting to be done in the
studio. |
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| 1913 |
Published "A curate in Bohemia". |
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| 1914-16 |
Constructed model of a section of Medieval Paris
as a background for illustrations to "Villon". |
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| 1914-16 |
Built "the dam" at Springwood c. . |
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| 1915 |
Published "Norman Lindsay Book 1" . |
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| 1918 |
Divorced by Kate. |
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| 1918 |
"Published The Magic Pudding". "Art in Australia". |
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| 1918 |
Published "The Pen Drawings of Norman
Lindsay" |
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| 1919 |
Leon Gellert published "The Isle of San: A
Phantasy".
Contains the first five of Lindsay's
etchings to be used as book illustrations. |
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| 1919 |
Held first one-man show of etchings in Sydney and Melbourne. |
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| 1918-20 |
Built second studio at Springwood. Old studio thenceforth
used for etchings. |
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| 1920 |
Created first outdoor sculpture before 1920: Satyr
pursuing nymph. Naiad on edge of pool. Girl with hands behind head. |
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| 1920 |
Married Rose. |
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| 1920 |
Daughter Jane born. |
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| 1920 |
Created "Idyllia", series of 12 etchings. |
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| 1920-23 |
Drew "The Garden of Happiness", 20 pen-and-ink
drawings. |
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| 1921 |
Became member of the Australian Painter-Etchers Society. |
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| 1922 |
Daughter Helen born. |
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| 1923 |
Represented in Society of Artists exhibition Australian
art in London. Work attacked
by Sir William Orpen. |
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| 1924 |
Published "Creative Effort". Published "Pen
Drawings" 1924. |
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| 1926 |
Published editions of
Aristophanes "Lysistrata", illustrated with pen drawings, Fanfrolico
Press. |
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| 1928 |
Published "A Homage to Sappho" illustrated
with etchings, Fanfrolico Press. |
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| 1929 |
Published "Madam Life's Lovers", Fanfrolico
Press, London. |
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| 1930 |
Published "Redheap" London, Banned by
Australian Customs. |
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| 1930 |
Illustrations in special Norman Lindsay issue of "Art in Australia" created
furore December. |
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| 1931 |
To New York with Rose. "Art in Australia" published "Norman
Lindsay's Pen Drawings". |
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| 1932 |
To London January,; returned to Australia March,
1932. Published "Saturdee".
Published "Miracles by Arrangement". |
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| 1933 |
Published "Pan in the Parlour". |
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| 1934 |
Published "the Cautious Amorist". Banned
by Australian Customs. |
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| 1934 |
Began to paint in oils at studio at 12 Bridge St.,
Sydney. Lived mostly in Sydney until
Rose's trip to America in 1939. |
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| 1935 |
Published "Age of Consent". Story relates
to his discovery of oil as a medium Banned by
Australian Customs. |
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| 1936 |
Published "Flyaway Highway". |
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| 1937 |
Kenneth MacKenzie published "Our Earth".
Lindsay etching is frontispiece; his last etching
used as a book illustration. Held probably last one-man show of etchings 1937. |
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| 1939 |
Rose went to the United States. Many works destroyed in train
fire. |
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| 1945 |
Published "Paintings in Oil" 1945. Created seahorse fountain
c.1945. Published "The Cousin from
Fiji". |
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| 1947 |
Published "Half Way to Anywhere". |
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| 1949 |
Daughter Jane acquired etching studio and built house around it. |
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| 1950 |
Published "Dust and Polish". |
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| 1956 |
Gave up the lease on Bridge Street studio. |
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| 1958 |
Son Philip died. |
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| 1960 |
Son Raymond died Sydney. |
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| 1966 |
Published "Norman Lindsay's Ship Models". "The
Greek Galley", his last model, created
especially for this book. |
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| 1968 |
Built reclining woman fountain at Springwood, his last sculpture
and his only work in cast cement. |
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| 1969 |
Donated collection of work to the University of Melbourne School
of Architecture January. |
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| 1969 |
Published "Norman Lindsay Watercolours". |
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| 1969 |
Norman Lindsay died Springwood 21st November, 1969. |
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| 1970 |
"My Mask" published. |
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