Vee Bauer's Art World

Born in the small Victorian town of Creswick on the 22nd February 1879, Norman Alfred William Lindsay was destined to turned into an Australian icon and one of the countries most celebrated and controversial painters. His parents were Jane Elizabeth Lindsay and Robert Charles William Alexander Lindsay. He had a total of ten brothers and sisters including four sisters and 5 brothers which included Percy and Lionel, also successful painters in their own right. His reputation as an artist has stood the test of time and well into the 21st Century his works continue to be keenly searched after by both Australian and Foreign enthusiasts alike. Norman Lindsay used his competency as an artist to illustrate his political and social ideas that would very often create strong argument and discussion within the wider community. Lindsay was a man with a lot of artist skillsets and as well as being highly successful as an oil painter, water-colourist, etcher, model ship builder, cartoonist and sculptor.