May 24th, 2010
In Dialogue with the Muse of Art History: Brett Whiteley
Tags/ Posted by Tony ThomasI would like to make you more aware of yourself as a human, and thus, ultimately a better person.continue reading this poem
Brett Whiteley was born in April 1939, a few months before the outbreak of WWII. Like Ginger Meggs, Brett had a mop of red hair and was a bit of a tearaway, but unlike the comic book hero was no Aussie battler, coming from a comfortable middle class background on Sydney’s north shore. He had a precocious talent for drawing, winning an art prize at the age of seven, the first of many that came early in his career.
