Here you will find a lengthy, if brief chronology on the life of Norman Lindsay. It aims to highlight some of the major events in his life and is by no means a comprehensive account. It will give you an insight to some of the major influences in his life that encompass both his family and artistic achievements.

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Norman Lindsay was born in 1879 in Victoria, Australia. He was born a year after New Zealander Harry Rountree and within a year of Walter Everett, W. Russell Flint, Charles Folkard, Herbert Paus, C. Coles Phillips, Henry Raleigh, and Sarah Stilwell. A childhood malady forced inactivity, so he used the time to teach himself how to draw. The teacher found an apt and willing pupil and by age eleven he was capable of renderings such as the cat at right. There must have been something in the water as two of his older brothers were artists (as was one of the younger ones and also one of his sisters).

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Norman Alfred William Lindsay (February 22, 1879 – November 21, 1969). Born in Creswick, Victoria. He was a prolific artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist and scale modeler. Son of surgeon Robert Charles William Alexander Lindsay and Jane Elizabeth Lindsay. One of ten children, he was the brother of Percy Lindsay (1870-1952), Lionel Lindsay (1874-1961), Ruby Lindsay (1885-1919), and Daryl Lindsay (1889-1976).

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