Cecily Crozier: a centenary portrait
A portrait of Cecily by David Rainey. It is Melbourne, September 1940. The Swans have just thrashed the Tigers to win their fourth premiership flag, and Australia has been at war for a year – a reality biting across a nation that once again has answered the call. Factory bench and office desk alike collect dust as men and women depart for uncertain fates – some to battlefields in the Middle East, in Europe and in Africa; others to local training camps for conscripted...
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Extract from “Memoirs of an Australian Woman” by Cecily Crozier. The painting was charming. A nude, simply standing in front of a most beautiful curtain. It was rose coloured silk, embroided with silver and gold leaves and flowers and birds in vibrant colours, it was a magnificent piece of hand embroidery. I was so taken with it I asked the painter Peter Armitage its provenance. He told me that a Chinese friend of his had asked him to paint a nude standing in front of it. I felt...
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