Rainforest: Charles Blackman

1988 First Edition

Hardcover in Dust jacket

Before posting, I will place the dustjacket in archival quality removable plastic, enhancing the look and feel of the book while protecting the jacket.

Rainforest is a celebration of a great natural phenomenon. It pays tribute to the mature conceptual powers and vision of Australia's greatest living Romantic painter.

This major series of paintings, drawings and etchings was made by Charles Blackman over a number of years and was first conceived when he was living on Buderim Mountain in Queensland. The project was made possible by the Christensen Fund, an international cultural organization which purchases and exhibits collections of art. Established in 1957 by Allen D. Christensen, former President of Utah Mining and Construction. it has been active in Australia since 1973.

The Fund also commissioned this vivid record of the series. The book contains over two hundred brilliant colour and black-and-white images. The evocative essays by Al Alvarez provide an apt textual background to Blackman's painterly imagination.