Heide Circle

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Heide Circle was a group of modernist artists and intellectuals in mid-20th-century Melbourne, Australia, centered around the Heide property of patrons John and Sunday Reed.

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instanceOf artists' circle
intellectual circle
modernist movement
alsoKnownAs Heide School NERFINISHED
associatedArtist Danila Vassilieff NERFINISHED
Mira Schendel (as an influence and connection, though not resident) NERFINISHED
Sam Atyeo NERFINISHED
associatedPublication Angry Penguins NERFINISHED
associatedWith Angry Penguins modernist literary magazine NERFINISHED
Heide Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED
associatedWriter Max Harris NERFINISHED
centeredAround Heide home of John and Sunday Reed
characteristic bohemian lifestyle
interdisciplinary collaboration between artists and writers
support for experimental and modernist art
country Australia
culturalRole centre of avant-garde culture in Melbourne
patronage network for young Australian artists
field intellectual life
literature
visual arts
hostedBy John Reed NERFINISHED
Sunday Reed NERFINISHED
influenced Australian figurative modernism
development of modern art in Australia
influencedBy European modernism
post-impressionism NERFINISHED
surrealism
legacy canonisation of several members as leading Australian modernists
formation of Heide Museum of Modern Art at the former Heide property
locatedIn Bulleen, Melbourne NERFINISHED
location Heide property NERFINISHED
Melbourne NERFINISHED
Victoria NERFINISHED
movement Australian modernism
notableMember Albert Tucker NERFINISHED
Arthur Boyd NERFINISHED
John Perceval NERFINISHED
Joy Hester NERFINISHED
Laurence Hope (Lawrence Daws is sometimes associated, but less centrally) NERFINISHED
Sidney Nolan NERFINISHED
patron John Reed NERFINISHED
Sunday Reed NERFINISHED
region inner north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne
relatedGroup Angry Penguins circle
relatedMovement Antipodean modernism NERFINISHED
socialFunction salon for artists and intellectuals
timePeriod mid-20th century

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Sidney Nolan memberOf Heide Circle