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Tim Olsen Tim Olsen i(19846601 works by)
Gender: Male
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Tim Olsen is one of Australia's most recognised and respected art identities and successful gallery owners. (Source: Allen and Unwin)

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y separately published work icon Son of the Brush : A Memoir Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 19846621 2020 single work autobiography

'Tim Olsen is the son of arguably Australia's most famous living painter, John Olsen. Son of the Brush is his fascinating, candid memoir of what it was like to grow up in the shadow of artistic genius, with all its wonder, excitement and bitter disappointments.

'Tim's childhood was dominated by his father's work, travelling to Europe and to communities around Australia as John sought inspiration and artistic fellowship. Wine, food, conversation and the emerging sexual freedom of the 1960s wove a pattern of life for the family. It was both the best and worst of childhoods, filled with vibrancy and stimulation, yet fraught with anxiety and eventual sadness as John separated from Tim's mother and moved away from the family.

'Yet the course of Tim's life had been set by the experiences of his childhood, and by the passion for art he got from both his father and his mother (an acclaimed painter in her own right). He has made his life about art as well, though following a different path from his parents. Today Tim is one of Australia's most respected art dealers, with a knowledge of art and artists forged from what is literally a lifetime of close experience. Son of the Brush is a memoir about living in the shadow of your father, and what it takes to chart your own course in life, but it is also about the wider world of art, artists and the joy, excitement and sacrifices of the creative life.' (Publication summary)

2021 winner 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature People's Choice Prize
2021 winner 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
2021 shortlisted Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature
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