Donald Stuart Leslie Friend (6 February 1915 - 16 August 1989) was an Australian artist, writer and diarist. Born in Sydney, precociously talented both as an artist and a writer, Friend grew up in the artistic circle of his bohemian mother. He studied with Sydney Long (1931) and Dattilo Rubbo (1934-1935), and later in London (1936-1937) at the Westminster Art School with Mark Gertler and Bernard Meninsky. Wikipedia
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...: Interrupted Genius: Donald Friend as Artist Lou Klepac: The Drawings of Donald Friend Christine France: Donald Friend: Merioola and Friends Sasha Grishin: ... www.nla.gov.au/events/donaldfriend/papers.html
Donald Friend: A Charmed Life , a wide-ranging, evocative exhibition focusing on one of Australias most exotic and colourful artists, opens at the National Library of Australia on 9 November 2006. www.nla.gov.au/pressrel/DonaldFriend.html
Friend was trained in Sydney and London, however, his proclivity for travel and the search for the exceptional and the exotic, led him to destinations as far flung as Africa, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au/friend.html
